Medicine murder in colonial Lesotho : the anatomy of a moral crisis /: the anatomy of a moral crisis. ([2019?])
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- Book
- Title:
- Medicine murder in colonial Lesotho : the anatomy of a moral crisis /: the anatomy of a moral crisis. ([2019?])
- Main Title:
- Medicine murder in colonial Lesotho : the anatomy of a moral crisis
- Further Information:
- Note: Colin Murray and Peter Sanders.
- Authors:
- Murray, Colin, 1948-
Sanders, Peter, 1938- - Contents:
- Maps Tables, Figure and Graphs Photographs Preface Note on names, orthography and pronunciation Abbreviations INTRODUCTION 1 A defining moment 1 Official and popular reaction 4 Key questions 8 Investigating medicine murder 11 'Ritual murder': the potential for broader study 16 Part I MEDICINE MURDER: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, POLITICAL CONTEXT AND CASE STUDIES CHAPTER 1 Basutoland: 'a very prickly hedgehog' 20 A policy of benign neglect 21 Economic failure and chiefly abuse 30 The Pim Report 38 The Khubelu reforms of 1938 41 The Treasury reforms of 1946 46 Disputes over the succession 51 CASE STUDY ONE The case of the cobbler's head: Morija, 1945 68 'A migratory body' 68 The investigation 72 The preparatory examination and the trial 77 The judgement 83 Discords 89 CHAPTER 2 Medicine murder: belief and incidence 97 Sesotho beliefs in medicine 98 Early evidence of medicine murder 107 The incidence of medicine murder: 'a very startling increase'? 109 CASE STUDY TWO 'The chiefs of today have turned against the people': Koma-Koma, 1948 128 'Something going on in this village' 130 The investigation and the preparatory examination 137 The High Court trial and the judgement 140 Struggles in the Makhabane chieftainship 145 Allegations of police misconduct 147 The failure of appeal 156 CHAPTER 3 Medicine murder: the debates of the late 1940s 161 'This country is … overcast with a terrible cloud' 162 Chiefs, politicians and police 165 The High Commissioner, the chieftainship and theMaps Tables, Figure and Graphs Photographs Preface Note on names, orthography and pronunciation Abbreviations INTRODUCTION 1 A defining moment 1 Official and popular reaction 4 Key questions 8 Investigating medicine murder 11 'Ritual murder': the potential for broader study 16 Part I MEDICINE MURDER: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, POLITICAL CONTEXT AND CASE STUDIES CHAPTER 1 Basutoland: 'a very prickly hedgehog' 20 A policy of benign neglect 21 Economic failure and chiefly abuse 30 The Pim Report 38 The Khubelu reforms of 1938 41 The Treasury reforms of 1946 46 Disputes over the succession 51 CASE STUDY ONE The case of the cobbler's head: Morija, 1945 68 'A migratory body' 68 The investigation 72 The preparatory examination and the trial 77 The judgement 83 Discords 89 CHAPTER 2 Medicine murder: belief and incidence 97 Sesotho beliefs in medicine 98 Early evidence of medicine murder 107 The incidence of medicine murder: 'a very startling increase'? 109 CASE STUDY TWO 'The chiefs of today have turned against the people': Koma-Koma, 1948 128 'Something going on in this village' 130 The investigation and the preparatory examination 137 The High Court trial and the judgement 140 Struggles in the Makhabane chieftainship 145 Allegations of police misconduct 147 The failure of appeal 156 CHAPTER 3 Medicine murder: the debates of the late 1940s 161 'This country is … overcast with a terrible cloud' 162 Chiefs, politicians and police 165 The High Commissioner, the chieftainship and the question of. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Copyright Date:
- 2005
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xv, 493 pages), illustrations, maps
- Subjects:
- 364.1523096885
Witchcraft -- Lesotho
Murder -- Religious aspects
Murder -- Lesotho
Violence -- Africa, Southern
Blood accusation
HISTORY -- Africa -- General
Murder
Blood accusation
Murder -- Religious aspects
Politics and government
Social conditions
Violence
Witchcraft
Social Sciences
Parapsychology & Occult Sciences
Crime
Spiritual Therapies
Magic
History, Modern 1601-
Social Problems
Criminology
Superstitions
Sociology
History
Complementary Therapies
Social Sciences
Therapeutics
Humanities
Culture
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Anthropology, Cultural
Anthropology
Homicide
History, 20th Century
Witchcraft
Lesotho -- Social conditions
Lesotho -- Politics and government -- To 1966
Southern Africa
Lesotho
Electronic books
Case studies
History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781474471220
1474471226 - Related ISBNs:
- 9780748622849
0748622845 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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