Vimbuza the Healing Dance of Northern Malawi 1st Edition by Boston Soko 9990802475 9789990802474

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ISBN 10: 9990802475 

ISBN 13: 9789990802474

Author: Boston Soko

The purpose of this book is to show that the possession cult of Vimbuza presents itself as an oral genre which is part and parcel of African Oral Literature. The ethnolinguistic study which we undertake will permit us to catch a glimpse of its whole complexity. The analysis has a bearing on four principal aspects. Historical developments: a certain number of facts concerning the birth of possession among the Tumbuka; possession: the study attempts to show how the cult articulates itself with its beliefs and the use of divination; the social role: analysis of social functions; the style: an analysis of the linguistic procedures which are characteristic of Vimbuza songs. The presence of rhetorical figures would confirm that we are talking about an oral literary genre.

Table of contents:

Chapter 1: Historical Background
Introduction
The Arrival of the Scottish Missionaries in Central Africa
The Situation of Vimbuza in 1900
The Elites Become Aware of their Culture
Indigenous Religion
Chikanga
The Present Status of the Dance and the Possession Cult
Researches on Vimbuza
Conclusion

Chapter 2: Vimbuza as a Possession Cult
The Vimbuza “Disease”
The Principal Types of Vimbuza
Denomination of Possession (of the olden days)
The Forms which the Genies Take: Incarnation
Conception of Spirits
Diagnosis of the Disease
The Symptoms
Phase 1: The Test
Phase 2: Dressing
Phase 3: The Dance
Phase 4: Chilopa
Phase 5: Kuputula
Possession generates divination
Conclusion

Chapter 3: Vimbuza as a Social Fact
Social Critique
The Resolution of Social and Family Conflicts
Transmission of Information
Historical Events
Conclusion

Chapter 4: Style in Vimbuza Songs
Parallelism
Phonology
Morphology
Synechdoche
Anglicisms in the Vimbuza songs
Conclusion

Conclusion
Abuse of the Sacredness of the Vimbuza Spirits
Prayers during a Vimbuza Dance Session
Use of Crosses
Costume
Language of Songs
Vimbuza as Intangible Heritage

Chapter 5 – Vimbuza Songs

Song no. 1 – Gripa Jele
Song no. 2 – Kaujo Kandambo
Song no. 3 – Munde mundete
Song no. 4 – Kupula kubaba
Song no. 5 – Waya
Song no. 6 – Mphika wanyole
Song no. 7 – Uyaya Wanitayamo
Song no. 8 – Mwalowana mwabene
Song no. 9 – Kako a
Song no. 10 – Anyirongo awoli binu balero
Song no. 11 – Singo
Song no. 12 – Wete walira Mwana
Song no. 13 – Chadoroka
Song no. 14 – Muthengere muli minga
Song no. 15 – Nkhwenda nkhule
Song no. 16 – Zinyanga
Song no. 17 – Tambala kwa Mahekeya
Song no. 18 – NyaMtonga
Song no. 19 – A Nelesoni
Song no. 20 – Mazgo ghane ni mungole
Song no. 21 – Kuvina mutolerenge
Song no. 22 – Chamukarawula
Song no. 23 – KuJoni
Song no. 24 – Kurya baka ndiko
Song no. 25 – Amamavyara
Song no. 26 – Mwana mubapire weya
Song no. 27 – Dyera
Song no. 28 – Wangiloya
Song no. 29 – Bamuzi uno nkhwerekwere
Song no. 30 – Kwithu ku Loudon
Song no. 31 – Tiwonjele Fumu
Song no. 32 – Mazombwe
Song no. 33 – Chiwayawaya
Song no. 34 – Chitewe mwataya
Song no. 35 – Tambala walira ku msito
Song no. 36 – Baming’ombwa
Song no. 37 – Bamumphala
Song no. 38 – Bulangeti
Song no. 39 – Wakwera lore
Song no. 40 – Ine lero namtengwa
Song no. 41 – Namulandane
Song no. 42 – Dende palije
Song no. 43 – Mwana wa nkhuku
Song no. 44 – Wamupala moto
Song no. 45 – Kalulu nisebele nayo
Song no. 46 – Siyageza
Song no. 47 – Kayuni Karyarya
Song no. 48 – Ku Joni bakopakochi?
Song no. 49 – Mphapo yamala a Nyirongo
Song no. 50 – Apongozi mbaheni
Song no. 51 – Imwe mkuya ku Joni mwe
Song no. 52 – Kumitala
Song no. 53 – Tamala wabenge mwanalume
Song no. 54 – Tamala
Song no. 55 – Jesinala
Song no. 56 – Sanje
Song no. 57 – Baba wako
Song no. 58 – Waziroya
Song no. 59 – Mwanituka waka
Song no. 60 – Mandaba
Song no. 61 – Bana pa mulomo
Song no. 62 – Gulozela lachona
Song no. 63 – Chilijemwana nimbeta
Song no. 64 – Ndimwe anzathu
Song no. 65 – Mwana kumunena yayi
Song no. 66 – Mukatore ng’ombe zinu
Song no. 67 – Ntchito nkukagozga
Song no. 68 – Bakukana ubali
Song no. 69 – Tamkumana ku Ghana
Song no. 70 – Nichali mwana mchoko
Song no. 71 – Mwana watowela nkhaza
Song no. 72 – Nkhagonenkhu?
Song no. 73 – Bawona awoli bawo biza
Song no. 74 – Lumbiri Laruta
Song no. 75 – Chirimbanyungu
Song no. 76 – Rondo
Song no. 77 – Adada mukabakomera dala
Song no. 78 – Hedemani
Song no. 79 – Perekani kwa Chikanga
Song no. 80 – Bangeya ku Mtenthe
Song no. 81 – Wanga
Song no. 82 – A Jele Bafipa
Song no. 83 – Matete
Song no. 84 – Katantha
Song no. 85 – Maloto
Song no. 86 – Chiyekeza
Song no. 87 – Kukoma Munthu
Song no. 88 – Kalizga ng’oma
Song no. 89 – Msekeleleni
Song no. 90 – Tiwonane
Song no. 91 – Muliro
Song no. 92 – Phuma Mngoma
Song no. 93 – Kayisasule
Song no. 94 – Kawuswe
Song no. 95 – Mngoma
Song no. 96 – Sebele nayane
Song no. 97 – Baleza
Song no. 98 – Nkhalamu
Song no. 99 – Chitimukulu
Song no. 100 – Muhalule
Song no. 101 – Saru yamaluwa
Song no. 102 – Kajibambe
Song no. 103 – Basenga
Song no. 104 – Chimbwi wakulira
Song no. 105 – Mwana wane wakula
Song no. 106 – Uthwasile
Song no. 107 – Jikamalalo
Song no. 108 – Chota Muliro
Song no. 109 – BaMnjiri
Song no. 110 – Gwaza Lu Bemba
Song no. 111 – Chikurukuru chiri kumtima
Song no. 112 – Nisebele na baNgoni
Song no. 113 – Nkhanga
Song no. 114 – Chakupa Leza
Song no. 115 – Nthenda ya vyanusi
Song no. 116 – Wawela lu Bemba
Song no. 117 – Uteka
Song no. 118 – Mazabamba
Song no. 119 – Nthenda ni makorakora
Song no. 120 – Chikunibenda
Song no. 121 – Iyo Mphanda
Song no. 122 – Nthenda ukali
Song no. 123 – Nkhalamu zalira
Song no. 124 – Kazembe
Song no. 125 – Kasaru kafuma kwa dada
Song no. 126 – Sima
Song no. 127 – Kasero kane
Song no. 128 – Madando
Song no. 129 – Njekulala
Song no. 130 – Nyamkhulama
Song no. 131 – Malayilano

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