Conflict mediation and Bungoma activism in a South African township

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dc.contributor.author Bae, Bosco B.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-07T09:58:27Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-07T09:58:27Z
dc.date.issued 2021-05
dc.description.abstract The following article draws on fieldwork with traditional African healers in an urban South African township and examines mediation sessions undertaken by a group of healers with a view to contemporary conflicts that emerged during their praxis. I argue that the healers’ mediation practices are a form of activism that addresses the hermeneutical and institutional gap between traditional healing and the magistrates’ court system. This activism further presents a social positioning by healers for greater legitimacy, recognition, and integration with governmental structures. The article introduces the township of Alexandra and two different conflict resolution pathways that exist there, which reflect two divergent judicial moralities of reproduction with their respective cultural frameworks. The article then provides an overview of the institution of traditional healing and, lastly, describes the healers’ mediation as a form of activism. en_US
dc.description.department Political Sciences en_US
dc.description.librarian hj2022 en_US
dc.description.uri https://brill.com/view/journals/jra/jra-overview.xml en_US
dc.identifier.citation Bae, B.B. (2021). Conflict Mediation and Bungoma Activism in a South African Township, Journal of Religion in Africa, 49(3-4), 289-311. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/15700666-12340170. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0022-4200 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1570-0666 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1163/15700666-12340170
dc.identifier.uri https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/87583
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Brill Academic Publishers en_US
dc.rights © 2021 Koninklijke Brill NV en_US
dc.subject Healers en_US
dc.subject Mediation en_US
dc.subject Conflict mediation en_US
dc.subject Traditional African healers en_US
dc.subject South Africa (SA) en_US
dc.subject Township en_US
dc.subject Activism en_US
dc.subject Bungoma en_US
dc.subject Traditional healers en_US
dc.subject Conflict resolution en_US
dc.title Conflict mediation and Bungoma activism in a South African township en_US
dc.type Postprint Article en_US


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