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   Greeting rituals as everyday management of differences among RasTafari groups in Stellenbosch

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Lennox Olivier --- Sociology and Social Anthropology, Stellenbosch University,

   Greeting is a meaningful part of everyday interaction among individuals from different RasTafari groups in Stellenbosch, since it contributes to the construction and maintenance of the identity and boundaries of groups. Drawing upon extensive participant observation, I first look at...

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   “Being attentive”: exploring other-than-human agency in medicinal plants through everyday Rastafari plant practices

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Tihana Nathen --- Department of Anthropology and Sociology, South Africa

   The focus is on everyday practices and relations between local medicinal plants, Rastafari bossiesdokters [bush doctors] and kruiemanne [herbalists] of the Matzikama Local Municipality, which lies in the far north-west of the Western Cape Province. Inspired by the work of...

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