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Author : Solomon M. Mutswairo
Publisher : Juta Zimbabwe
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Introduction to Shona Culture written by Solomon M. Mutswairo and published by Juta Zimbabwe. This book was released on 1996 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : M. F. C. Bourdillon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book The Shona Peoples written by M. F. C. Bourdillon and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Canisius Mwandayi
Publisher : University of Bamberg Press
ISBN 13 : 3863090292
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (63 download)
Download or read book Death and After-life Rituals in the Eyes of the Shona written by Canisius Mwandayi and published by University of Bamberg Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : D. N. Beach
Publisher :
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (796 download)
Download or read book The Shona and Zimbabwe 900-1850 written by D. N. Beach and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mungwini, Pascah
Publisher : NISC (Pty) Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1920033505
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Indigenous Shona Philosophy written by Mungwini, Pascah and published by NISC (Pty) Ltd. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Michael Gelfand
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Spiritual Beliefs of the Shona written by Michael Gelfand and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Liveson Tatira
Publisher : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9783843386432
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (864 download)
Download or read book The Shona Culture written by Liveson Tatira and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shona culture is a book which interrogates the Shona people s culture. The book traces the origin of the Shona as a people and how they became to be known as the Shona. Two polemical views of the origin of the Shona people are proffered.The book takes an Afro-centric approach in its interrogation and interpretation of the Shona culture.In order for the readers to fully understand and appreciate the Shona culture, the book has explored topics on the Shona family, the Shona traditional beliefs, the Shona marriage and the Shona rites of passage.The book has abundantly shown, through its argument, that the Shona culture has changed over a period of time, discarding things which could not be adaptable to the foreign influence while its resilient nature has helped it to continue to be relevant in the present times.
Author : Paul Berliner
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226043791
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (437 download)
Download or read book The Soul of Mbira written by Paul Berliner and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1993-06 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Berkeley: University of California Press, c1978, in series: Perspectives on southern Africa; 26.
Author : Michael Gelfand
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Genuine Shona written by Michael Gelfand and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shona culture written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gary Van Wyk, Ph.D.
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9780823920112
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Shona written by Gary Van Wyk, Ph.D. and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 1996-12-15 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys the culture history and contemporary life of the Shona people of Southern Africa.
Author : Dwight N. Hopkins
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317490452
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Another World is Possible written by Dwight N. Hopkins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '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.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (236 download)
Download or read book Shona customs written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Emmanuel Chiwome
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Social History of the Shona Novel written by Emmanuel Chiwome and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shona literature now comprises 85% of literature published for schools in Zimbabwe, an indication of its significance for the understanding of the philosophical and historical base of (the understanding of) a language, people and nation. Chiwome's book argues that the productivity of Shona fiction is inseparable from the dialects of history; first colonialism, then development, and exposes colonialist notions about Shona cultural values and the implications for reading and writing the literature. He analyses Shona writers' predilections for certain genres of fiction asking why colonialism did not produce historical/committed literature, and why moralistic and fantastical modes prevail. In the latter part of the book, he adopts Manichean and Fanonian psychoanalytic approaches to African fictional characters suffering inferiority and collective paranoia, and discusses how this relates to the aesthetic qualities of the literatures of decolonisation.
Author : John Chitakure
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498293069
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)
Download or read book Shona Women in Zimbabwe—A Purchased People? written by John Chitakure and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-09-29 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The position and treatment of women in every religion, culture, and society have been subjects of concern for a long time. In every society, women fight for their emancipation from exploitive and oppressive patriarchal structures. The most contentious issues include domestic violence, gender discrimination and inequality in the areas of employment, leadership, and marriage. Domestic violence tops the list and is the worst enemy of any progressive and democratic society. It dehumanizes, disfigures, and demeans its victims and survivors. Shona Women in Zimbabwe--a Purchased People? explores the causes of domestic violence--the cultural practice of bridewealth, in particular--and assesses the extent to which it contributes to the proliferation of domestic violence among the Shona people of Zimbabwe. It then explores the Christian traditions, particularly, the Roman Catholic Church, in search of resources that can be used to emancipate Shona women from patriarchal subjugation. Finally, the book offers a pastoral response that is informed by the experiences of the Shona women, their cultural resources, and the Roman Catholic religious tradition.
Author : Jacob Mapara
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9956790753
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (567 download)
Download or read book Shona Sentential Names: A Brief Overview written by Jacob Mapara and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2013 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Michael Gelfand
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ukama, Reflections on Shona and Western Cultures in Zimbabwe written by Michael Gelfand and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
