Introduction To Shona Culture
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Introduction to Shona Culture
Author | : Solomon M. Mutswairo |
Publsiher | : Juta Zimbabwe |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105020760125 |
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The Shona Peoples
Author | : M. F. C. Bourdillon |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : IND:39000004182486 |
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Newly reissued, this book is still regarded as one of the best synthesis of ethnographic research undertaken amongst the Shona people, taking indigenous religion and culture as a starting point. The author, a renowned anthropologist and sociologist of Zimbabwe, examines the historical background and sources of Shona history from the fifteenth century. He details, from anthropological perspectives, kinship and village organisation including patrilineal kinship, Shona marriage and the position of women in Shona society. The author explores the subsistence and cash economies of the Shona peoples, their contribution to commercial farming, their use of land, and their function as a migrant labour force. Further sections focus on chiefship, courts; and interpretations of sickness, personal misfortune, witchcraft, death and the afterlife. The final sections of the book consider the functions of traditional religion at family and tribal levels; the interface between traditional and new religions; and rural and urban influences, amongst the Shona people.
Shona Sentential Names A Brief Overview
Author | : Jacob Mapara |
Publsiher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9789956790753 |
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This book draws on the case of the Shona and other Bantu people of Africa to argue that names are not mere identity tags. Names are an important cultural symbol of the people who give and bear them. The book challenges linguists and other social scientists to pay particular attention to the significance of names in the study of language use in society. Equally, it demonstrates the importance of names as part of the distinctive repertoire of Shona cultural heritage. Each Shona sentential name is a statement about that reality of being Shona. Carried in each name are sentiments that reflect on prevalent social, economic and political relations. The book focuses in particular on social names, religious names and war names inspired by such events as Zimbabwe's war of liberation.
Death and After life Rituals in the Eyes of the Shona
Author | : Canisius Mwandayi |
Publsiher | : University of Bamberg Press |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Shona (African people) |
ISBN | : 9783863090296 |
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Another World is Possible
Author | : Dwight N. Hopkins,Marjorie Lewis |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 504 |
Release | : 2014-12-18 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781317490456 |
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'Another World is Possible' examines the many peoples who have mobilized religion and spirituality to forge identity. Some claim direct links to indigenous spiritual practices; others have appropriated externally introduced religions, modifying these with indigenous perspectives and practices. The voices of Black people from around the world are presented in essays ranging from the Indian subcontinent, Japan and Australia to Africa, the UK and the USA. From creation narratives to trickster heroes, from the role of spirituality in HIV positive South Africa to its place in mental health and among the poor, spirituality is shown to be essential to the survival of individuals and communities.
Indigenous Shona Philosophy
Author | : Mungwini, Pascah |
Publsiher | : NISC (Pty) Ltd |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2019-04-15 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781920033507 |
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Some of the most provocative questions confronting philosophers in Africa are grounded in the historical memory of conquest and the peripheralisation the continent. Mungwini offers a critical reconstruction of indigenous Shona philosophy as an aspect of the African intellectual heritage held hostage by colonial modernity. In this comprehensive work, he lays bare the thoughts of the Shona, who are credited with the founding of the ancient Great Zimbabwe civilisation. Retracing the epistemic thread in the fabric of Shona culture and philosophy, he explores the assumptions that inform their thinking. The exchange of such knowledge is fundamental to the future of humanity.
Zimbabwe s Cultural Heritage
Author | : Pathisa Nyathi |
Publsiher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 147 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780797428973 |
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Zimbabwe's Cultural Heritage won first prize in the Zimbabwe Book Publishers Association Awards in 2006 for Non-fiction: Humanities and Social Sciences. It is a collection of pieces of the culture of the Ndebele, Shona, Tonga, Kalanga, Nambiya, Xhosa and Venda. The book gives the reader an insight into the world view of different peoples, through descriptions of their history and life events such as pregnancy, marriage and death. "...the most enduring book ever on Zimbabwean history. This book will help people change their attitude towards each other in Zimbabwe." - Zimbabwe Book Publishers Association Awards citation
The soul of mbira
Author | : Paul Franklin Berliner |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:164781968 |
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