Along an African Border: Angolan Refugees and Their Divination Baskets

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Along an African Border CONTEMPORARY ETHNOGRAPHY Kirin Narayan, Series Editor A complete list of books in the series is available from the publisher. Along an African Border Angolan Refugees and Their Divination Baskets Sónia Silva UNIVER SITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PR ESS PHILADELPHIA Copyright ©  University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations used for purposes of review or scholarly citation, none of this book may be reproduced in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher. Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - www.upenn.edu/pennpress Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper           Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Silva, Sónia. Along an African border : Angolan refugees and their divination baskets / Sónia Silva. p. cm. — (Contemporary ethnography) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN ---- (hardcover : alk. paper) . Luvale (African people)—Zambia—Chavuma District—Rites and ceremonies. . Divination—Zambia—Chavuma District. . Baskets—Religious aspects— Zambia—Chavuma District. . Fetishes (Ceremonial objects)—Zambia—Chavuma District. . Chavuma District (Zambia)—Social life and customs. I. Title. DT.LS  .'—dc  To Keith and Julian This page intentionally left blank Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. —Kierkegaard This page intentionally left blank ...