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Author Head, Joanna

Title The witching tree / by Joanna Head
Published London, England : British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC), 1995

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Description 1 online resource (48 min.)
Series Under the sun
Ethnographic video online
Summary Villagers in northern Transvaal, South Africa, have good reason to fear their neighbours. Here witchcraft is a common accusation, with some hounded out of their homes, others even being killed. African magic, potentially a benevolent force, is being used as an instrument of violence in a society now under severe economic and psychological stress. This is the story of one accused witch and his accusers
Analysis In-group conflicts
Notes Previously released on DVD
Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 3, 2011)
Credits Director, Joanna Head
Cast Narrator, Andrew Sachs
Event Filmed in Mpumalanga, South Africa
Notes English
Subject Witchcraft -- South Africa.
Witches -- South Africa
Healers.
Marriage.
Accidents.
Death.
Rites and ceremonies.
Marriage
Accidents
Death
healers.
accidents.
deaths.
Accidents.
Death.
Healers.
Marriage.
Rites and ceremonies.
Witchcraft.
Witches.
SUBJECT Transvaal (South Africa)
Subject South Africa.
South Africa -- Transvaal.
Genre/Form Documentary
Documentary.
Form Streaming video