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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"lobola"”.
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Representing lobola : exploring discourses of contemporary intersections of masculinity for Zimbabwean men in Cape Town : lobola, religion and normativity
… Zimbabwean migrant men's representations of lobola. The study was undertaken to strengthen conversations about hegemonic masculinity which often marginalize both the role of religion in shaping masculinities and simultaneously may homogenize the notion of 'cultural tradition'. The research …
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Lobola in Eswatini: Exploring Male Vulnerabilities through Kinship Making
… the relationship between marriage and lobola practice, the performances of masculinity and how these performances influence and shape kinship making and the creation of family. The processes and procedures ascribed to emalobolo and marriage are not necessarily followed by the …
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Human rights, modernity and culture: understanding the position of lobola as a form of VAW and the current human rights normative standards and discourse on VAW
… cultural practice of bride price (also known as Lobola) to understand whether the practice is a cause and/or consequence of VAW in family relations. This dissertation hypothesises that Lobola is both a cause and consequence of VAW and should be explicitly identified as a form of VAW, a human …
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An analysis of the role of culture in the tradition of Northern Sotho idiomatic expressions into English
… human boarders. Words such as ubuntu, imbizo and lobola have broken bonds of linguistic superiority. But is it possible to translate the linguistic superiority into English without acculturation? This study adopts the qualitative research method to present a detailed descriptive analysis of the …
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Community courts in Namibia: A policy challenge
… like adultery, seduction and failing to pay lobola (dowry) among others. Nowadays, offenders may not be sentenced to impri onment or subjected to corporal punishment as it has become unlawful, but to fines payable as compensation traditionally calculated in cattle or an equivalent of ten …
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The nature and significance of bride wealth among the South African Bantu
… is that of the institution known variously as lobola (Zulu-Xhosa), bohadi, boxadi, bohali (Sotho) or mala (Venda). In its simplest form it can be defined as the handing over of some consideration, usually cattle, by the father of the bridegroom to the father of the bride on the occasion of a …
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The Black Seventh-day Adventist Family in South Africa : a Needs Assessment and Implications for Family Life Education
… Although the respondents practiced the lobola custom, they were not sure whether or not it violated any Christian principle. A certain section of the constituency is still holding on to initiation schools and they would like to see a greater involvement of church members rather than …
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Lucwaningo lolunzulu lolumayelana nekubaluleka kwemtsimba nalokuhambisana nawo emaSwatini
… after the intfombi have been married. The lobola cattle have been explained as well as why lobola has to be paid. The kushiswa kwetinyongo (the burning of the gallbladders) winds up the whole umtsimba ceremony. CHAPTER SIX sums up the whole research exercise. Recommendations concerning this …
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The Africanization of the Methodist Church : with special focus on the Revs. Zaccheus R. Mahabane and the Rev. Seth Mokitimi
… church. Issues such as polygamy, African rites, lobola and circumcision are now on the Methodist agenda. An investigating committee on the question of the impact of African customs on the Church has been instituted. Both Mahabane and Mokitimi played a pertinent role in the recognition of African …
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Everyday Violence and Women's Lives in Zambia: An Autoethnography
<p>Gender inequality has been a prominent feature of human societies for the longest time. Zambia, like most countries in Africa, is very conservative and patriarchal in nature. In a typical Zambian household, the male is the head of the family. I am going to talk about my experiences as a female …