Ogbanje/abiku and cultural conceptualizations of psychopathology in Nigeria

Ogbanje/abiku refer to people who are believed to cycle rapidly and repeatedly through birth and death. A consecutive familial sequence of births and deaths of infants is construed as the same child dying and being born over and over again. The Igbos believe that ogbanje results from subversion of h...

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Auteur principal: Ilechukwu, Sunday T. C. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Taylor & Francis 2007
Dans: Mental health, religion & culture
Année: 2007, Volume: 10, Numéro: 3, Pages: 239-255
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