"This deeply anthropological understanding of health considered that it is in fact the process of achieving a desired state is of most significance to the sufferer."
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Harriet Ngubane
Harriet Ngubane (11 November 1929 – October 2007), formerly known as Harriet Sibisi, was a South African social anthropologist best known for her work on Zulu belief systems. Though educated in England, Ngubane spent the latter years of her career as a professor at the University of Cape Town. She represented the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in the National Assembly from 1994 to 2004.
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