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" Weaving the threads of life : "
René Devisch
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BL
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711438
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b533627
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| Main Entry
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Devisch, Renaat,1944-
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Weaving the threads of life : : the Khita gyn-eco-logical healing cult among the Yaka /\ René Devisch
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 1993
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x, 334 p. :: ill., maps ;; 24 cm
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0226143619 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0226143627 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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| Notes
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Based on the author's Se recréer femme. Chapters 2-3 and 1-7 have been expanded, and chapters l, 4, and 8, the prologue, and epilogue are completely new
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-323) and index
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Cults-- Congo (Democratic Republic)-- Kinshasa
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Infertility, Female-- Congo (Democratic Republic)-- Kinshasa
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Traditional medicine-- Congo (Democratic Republic)-- Kinshasa
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Yaka (African people)-- Medicine
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Yaka (African people)-- Rites and ceremonies
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| Dewey Classification
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306.4/61
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DT650.B38D475 1993
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Devisch, Renaat,1944-
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