... Ufiti ( " ghost " ) is also worth chronicling . Ufiti was first seen near Lake Nyasa in August 1959. The Nyasaland Information Department recounts that first sighting in melodramatic fashion : " The first white man to see the strange ...
... ufiti remains in the person's stomach as the manifestation of his or her secret powers . Once contaminated with ufiti , the magic potential is said to grow along with the child , lying dormant and unnoticed even though an examination by ...
... Ufiti ( Witchcraft ) It will be evident from the above discussion that beliefs about witchcraft and its associated sorcery are still deeply embedded in Chewa consciousness . In both rural and urban areas many people associate illness ...
... Ufiti remains as elusive as ever , vanish- ing as soon as she is approached , and thick bush and poor light add to the difficulties of getting clear pictures . Ufiti , who is believed to be in season , has returned to her favourite ...
... ufiti (witchcraft) has several meanings and abstractions. The most common is for ufiti to mean evil in general. This evil comes from the outside and endangers the harmony within the Zionists' camp. Thus, the term ufiti has been ...
... ufiti sit uncomfortably with the perceived uni- versality of ufiti beliefs and the findings from the qualitative survey . But this is an expression of triangulation bringing out , as we show later , the multiple realities of the ufiti ...
... Ufiti. Why do you want to know?” asked Zikomo. “It was the name of the road. For a moment, I thought it was the same, but now I see it wasn't. Ufulu – Ufiti. Similar, but different.” The three children all went quiet as their carefree ...
... Ufiti discourse is also used in light - hearted banter as a joke , or in ironic vein by Westernised Malawians who understand that the explanation of ufiti in that particular situation is inadequate . For example , this use of ufiti ...
... ufiti was dziko lino, osati ufiti wa Yesu mombolo wako anakufera 'we. The translation is, "What shall you profit my brother/sister with the witchcraft of this world, and not with the witchcraft of Jesus who died for you." There is no ...
... ufiti in a Chewa setting relates to that recorded for other African societies . A basic descriptive competency may therefore be complemented and made more relevant by the provision of a functional framework within which the crucial ...