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Framing wellbeing through spirituality, space, history, and context: Lessons from an indigenous African community

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: This article is informed by one of the outcomes of a PhD study which explored an understanding of spirituality that informs wellbeing within four indigenous South African contexts. Literatures on the negative impact of the historical subjugation of African indigenous understanding of spirituality and beingness abound. However, there is a paucity of literature focused on the spaces of transition created by this subjugation of African indigenous spiritual knowledges and ways of being, and how these created spaces interact with context to inform the understanding and experience of health and wellbeing in African indigenous communities.

Source: Wellbeing Space and Society

DOI: 10.1016/j.wss.2021.100042

Authors: Chioma Ohajunwa, Gubela Mji, Rosemary Chimbala-Kalenga

Institutions: Stellenbosch University, Nelson Mandela University

Language: English

Topic: Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology

Subfield: Health

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,450