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

Wellbeing, Space and Society

Gubela Mji¹  Rosemary Chimbala-Kalenga²  Chioma Ohajunwa³ 

[1] Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa;Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa;Corresponding author.;

关键词: Liminality;    Wellbeing;    Spirituality;    Health;    Indigenous African;    Theory;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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.

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