Lobola (bridewealth) in contemporary Southern Africa : implications for gender equality / Lovemore Togarasei, Ezra Chitando, editors.

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Book

Contributor:

Togarasei, Lovemore, editor.

Chitando, Ezra, editor.

ProQuest ebook central.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bride price--Africa, Southern.

Bride price.

Equality--Africa, Southern.

Equality.

Southern Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 378 pages)

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Place of Publication:

Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]

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IntroductionLovemore Togarasei (University of Botswana) and Ezra Chitando (University of Zimbabwe) Part 1: History of LobolaChapter 1: Bridewealth in Southern Africa: Origin, Functions, Rights, and Gender-based ViolenceJohn Chitakure, The Mexican American Catholic College Chapter 2: Roora/Lobola: Its language, meaning and function: A keystone of Shona cultureFrancis Matambirofa, University of Zimbabwe Part 2: Lobola and/in Sacred Texts and LiteratureChapter 3: The Bible and LobolaLovemore Togarasei, University of Botswana Chapter 4: The Jewish and Shona Perspective of Lobola: A CritiqueFrancis Machingura and Liveson Tatira, University of Zimbabwe Chapter 5: The biblical and cultural bases for lobola in light of marriage and divorce in the African contextEliot Tofa, University of Eswatini Chapter 6: Disempowerment of men by men? A comparative analysis of the impact of lobola and the Muslim mahr on masculinity.Edmore Dube, Great Zimbabwe University Chapter 7: Mari Yedanga Takadya Kare!: Lobola and Femininity of Entrapment in ChiShona LiteratureBeatrice Taringa, Belvedere Teachers' College, Zimbabwe Part 3: Lobola Practices in Some Southern African CommunitiesChapter 8: Bogadi Practice and the Place of Women in the Botswana SocietyFidelis Nkomazana, University of Botswana Chapter 9: Lobola: A Paradoxical Token of Appreciation in Modern Day Ndebele CultureSambulo Ndlovu, University of Cape Town Chapter 10: African Culture, Globalisation and Conformity: A Critical Review of the Vhavenḓa Lumalo Practice in Zimbabwe Silibaziso Mulea, Great Zimbabwe University Chapter 11: A Critical Assessment of Lobola Marriage Practices in Malawi: Mzimba South Case StudyMastone Mbewe, University of Malawi Chapter 12: Dynamics of Lobola practices among Vatsonga in ZimbabweMadlome Steyn Khesani, Great Zimbabwe University Chapter 13: Metaphorical use of mapere (hyenas) in ku-roora (wife acquisition) related practices among the Shona people in ZimbabweBenard Pindukai Humbe and Excellent Chireshe, Great Zimbabwe University Chapter 14: Commercialisation of Marriage Rites in Contemporary Times: The Discourse of Lobola in the public Sphere in ZambiaNelly Mwale and Joseph Chita, University of Zambia Chapter 15: Intersection of lobola, intimate partner violence, and love among Karanga Christians in Chivi District, ZimbabweExcellent Chireshe, Great Zimbabwe University Part 4: Philosophical and Theological Reflections on the Practice of LobolaChapter 16: An inquiry into the value of human life: The lobola perspectiveClive Tendai Zimunya and Chipo Hatendi, University of Zimbabwe Chapter 17: Contextual African theological interpretation of lobola in the era of globalizationMoji A. Ruele, University of Botswana Chapter 18: Lobola and Gender Equality: A Theological Hermeneutic ApproachBlazio M. Manobo, Catholic University of Zimbabwe Part 5: Ir/relevance of Lobola in Contemporary Southern AfricaChapter 19: No to bride price/bride wealth, Yes to rooraNisbert T. Taringa and Godfrey Museka, University of Zimbabwe Chapter 20: Bride price: a stumbling block to women's advancement and developmentLoise Mudhosi, Independent scholar, Zimbabwe Chapter 21: Our debt to our parents?: Perspectives on LobolaClive Tendai Zimunya, University of Zimbabwe Chapter 22: Creating alternatives to the practice of lobola in contemporary Southern AfricaMookgo Solomon Kgatle, University of South Africa Chapter 23: 'Marujata', 'Jojina' and 'Achihera': Celebrating Women's Agency in the Debate on Roora in Shona CultureEzra Chitando, University of Zimbabwe.

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3030595234

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