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For the Tumbuka people of Malawi, traditional medical practices are filled with music. This ethnography explores a health care system populated by dancing prophets, singing patients and drummed spirits.

Dancing Prophets Musical Experience in Tumbuka

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A Paperback / softback by Steven M. Friedson

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 01/09/1996
    ISBN13: 9780226265025, 978-0226265025
    ISBN10: 0226265021

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    Book Synopsis
    For the Tumbuka people of Malawi, traditional medical practices are filled with music. This ethnography explores a health care system populated by dancing prophets, singing patients and drummed spirits.

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