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Book Synopsis The Shona Peoples by : M. F. C. Bourdillon
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 408 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.
Book Synopsis My First Book of Shona and Ndebele Words by : Yeve C. Sibanda
Download or read book My First Book of Shona and Ndebele Words written by Yeve C. Sibanda and published by Mascot Books. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little learners will read essential first words in Shona and Ndebele, the two main native languages of Zimbabwe. Colorful illustrations are paired with simple first words for readers of all ages to learn.
Book Synopsis Teatime for the Firefly by : Shona Patel
Download or read book Teatime for the Firefly written by Shona Patel and published by Kennebec Large Print. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Layla Roy has defied the fates. Despite being born under an inauspicious horoscope, she is raised to be educated and independent by her eccentric grandfather. And, by clever manipulation, she has found love with Manik Deb, a man betrothed to another. These were minor miracles in India that spring of 1943, when most young women's lives were predetermined. But powerful changes are sweeping India on the heels of the Second World War.
Book Synopsis Dodging Diagnosis by : Surekha Kandi Shriwastav
Download or read book Dodging Diagnosis written by Surekha Kandi Shriwastav and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2024-05-04 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At 24, Surekha had it all - a loving husband, a promising future, and dreams waiting to be fulfilled. Then cancer came knocking, and the life she knew crumbled. But this is not a story of despair - it's one of resilience, hope, and the triumph of an indomitable spirit. In this deeply moving memoir, Surekha takes you on a three-decade odyssey as she battles cancer and a host of health challenges with unwavering courage. From the hospital bed to the basketball court, from the depths of pain to the heights of joy, her journey is a testament to the power of faith, family, and the unbreakable human spirit. Raw, honest, and uplifting, “Dodging Diagnosis” is a beacon of light for anyone facing life's toughest battles. It's a reminder that even in our darkest moments, we can find the strength to rise, to heal, and to embrace the beautiful adventure that is life. Get ready to laugh, cry, and cheer as Surekha shows you that with love, determination, and a fierce passion for living, there is no obstacle too great to overcome. This is a story that will touch your heart and inspire your soul.
Book Synopsis The Messianic Feeding of the Masses by : Francis Machingura
Download or read book The Messianic Feeding of the Masses written by Francis Machingura and published by University of Bamberg Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Another World is Possible by : Dwight N. Hopkins
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.
Book Synopsis Death Rituals among the Karanga of Zimbabwe by : John Chitakure
Download or read book Death Rituals among the Karanga of Zimbabwe written by John Chitakure and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-10-04 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the inescapable truths that humanity has to grapple with is the reality of death. The manner in which we die, or the cause of our death, may differ, but death remains inevitable. We may be afraid of it or not; we may try to evade it, or not, but death still comes. Although most religions promise the possibility of another life in the hereafter, there is no scientifically verifiable evidence about the reality of that life. Despite that lack of evidence, every culture performs death rituals meticulously to prepare the spirits of its deceased for whatever form of life that may be available. Death Rituals among the Karanga of Zimbabwe: Praxis, Significance, and Changes explores the causes of sickness and death, and the praxis of pre-burial, burial, and post-burial rituals of the Karanga of Zimbabwe in an attempt to unearth their original form and significance, to identify the changes that have taken place. It also provides a brief manual for the performance of some selected Karanga death rituals.
Book Synopsis Musical Bows of Southern Africa by : Sazi Dlamini
Download or read book Musical Bows of Southern Africa written by Sazi Dlamini and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musical Bows of Southern Africa brings together current scholarly research that documents a rich regional diversity as well as cultural relationships in bow music knowledge and contemporary practices. The book is framed as a critical appraisal of traditional ethnomusicological studies of the region – complementing pioneering studies and charting contexts for a contemporary engagement with bow music as an exchangeable cultural practice. Each contribution is written by an expert in the field and collectively demonstrates the multidisciplinary potential of bow music, highlighting the several fields of knowledge that intersect with bow music including ethno-organology, applied ethnomusicology, composition, music literacy, social development, cultural economics, history, orality, performance and language.
Book Synopsis Law, Religion and Reconciliation in Africa by : M. Christian Green
Download or read book Law, Religion and Reconciliation in Africa written by M. Christian Green and published by African Sun Media. This book was released on 2024-05-20 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forgiveness and reconciliation are important moments for the stability of a society and a state. Many African countries have gone through serious social crises in the post-colonial period: genocide, post-election crises, civil and internal conflicts, and outright war. Forgiveness and reconciliation have been necessary to reweave the social fabric and restart the construction of peaceful and prosperous societies. Chapters in this book examine the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions and religious councils aimed at peace, along with African traditional approaches, mediation and arbitration councils, post-conflict contexts, and the roles of women and gender, philosophy and theology, and programs of education for peace.
Book Synopsis African Nationalism and Revolution by : Gregory Maddox
Download or read book African Nationalism and Revolution written by Gregory Maddox and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-04 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study o f African history as an academic discipline is a rather new field and one that still has its detractors both w ithin and outside academics. This collection o f articles highlights for students and scholars the modern era in African history. It brings together published research on the colonial era in Africa, an era relatively brief but one that saw dramatic change in African societies.
Book Synopsis Emily Windsnap and the Falls of Forgotten Island by : Liz Kessler
Download or read book Emily Windsnap and the Falls of Forgotten Island written by Liz Kessler and published by Orion Children's Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome back to the world of Emily Windsnap! Emily's adventures have been captivating fans for more than ten years, and this is the eagerly awaited seventh book in the bestselling series.
Book Synopsis Black Women in America by : Kim Marie Vaz
Download or read book Black Women in America written by Kim Marie Vaz and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 1994-11-02 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nominated for the 1995 Distinguished Publication Award of the Association for Women in Psychology A provocative, insightful volume, Black Women in America offers an interdisciplinary study of black women′s historic activism, representation in literature and popular media, self-constructed images, and current psychosocial challenges. This new work by outstanding scholars in the field of race and gender studies explores the ways in which black women have constantly reconstructed and transformed alien definitions of black womanhood. Black women have an image of themselves that differs from those others impose. Collectively, the contributors to this anthology demonstrate that such socially constructed images hide the complexities and ambiguities, the challenges, and the joys experienced in the real lives of black women. Multifaceted in its approach, Black Women in America is certain to stimulate debate, stretch minds, and spark future research. Black Women in America is a welcome resource for scholars and students in African American or Ethnic Studies, Women′s Studies, Sociology, and Psychology. "The volume can be helpful in stimulating questions and discussion for students in African American studies." --Choice "Black Women in America combines social history with contemporary analysis in one of the most thoughtful of scholarly compendia I have ever seen. It will be useful to scholars who teach history, sociology, African American studies, and women′s studies, but also to any American interested in a deeper and broader understanding of America′s past, present, and future." --Sarah Susannah Willie, Colby College, Maine "At a time when several anthologies of essays by and about black women are hitting the shelves, Kim Marie Vaz′s volume boasts an unusual and inventive mix of topics. It treats a range of historical eras and geographical locations. . . . The apt emphasis on resistance rather than victimization is apparent throughout the essays I read; it provides an excellent focal point. . . . In all, Vaz′s editorial contribution is admirable. She has collected an impressively wide-ranging group of essays on the history, sociology, and culture of black women. Interdisciplinary in its approach and sound in its scholarship, the volume will be welcomed by scholars and students in African American studies and women′s studies in particular, but also history, sociology, and political science." --Cheryl Ann Wall, Rutgers University
Book Synopsis Relationality and Resilience in a Not So Relational World? by : Artwell Nhemachena
Download or read book Relationality and Resilience in a Not So Relational World? written by Artwell Nhemachena and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2017-03-08 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book critically examines the relevance of the increasingly popular theories on relationality by interfacing those theories with the African [Shona] modes of engagement known as chivanhu [often erroneously narrowly translated as tradition]. In other words, the book takes seriously concerns by African scholars that much of the theories that have been applied in Africa do not speak to relevance and faithfulness to the continent. Situated in a recent Zimbabwean context marked by multiple crises producing multiple forms of violence and want, the book examines the relevance of relational ontologies and epistemologies to the everyday life modes of engagements by villagers in a selected district. The book unflinchingly surfaces the strengths and weaknesses of popular theories while at the same time underlining the exigencies of theorising from Africa using African data as the millstones. By meticulously and painstakingly unpacking pertinent issues, the book provides unparalleled intellectual grit for the contemporary and increasingly popular discourses on (de-)coloniality and resilience in relation to the African peoples and their [often deliberately contested] environments, past, present and future. In other words, the book loudly sounds the bells for the battles to decolonise and transform Africa on Africas own terms. This is a book that would be extremely useful to scholars, activists, theorists, policy makers and implementers as well as researchers interested not only in Africas future trajectory but also in the simultaneities of temporalities and worlds that were sadly overshadowed by colonial epistemologies and ontologies for the past centuries.
Author :IUCN Inter-Commission Task Force on Indigenous Peoples Publisher :[Gland, Switzerland?] : IUCN Indigenous Peoples and Conservation Initiative ISBN 13 : Total Pages :376 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (42 download)
Book Synopsis Indigenous Peoples and Sustainability by : IUCN Inter-Commission Task Force on Indigenous Peoples
Download or read book Indigenous Peoples and Sustainability written by IUCN Inter-Commission Task Force on Indigenous Peoples and published by [Gland, Switzerland?] : IUCN Indigenous Peoples and Conservation Initiative. This book was released on 1997 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indigenous peoples are responsible for most of the world's cultural and biological diversity. The primary purpose of this document is to alert the conservation and development communities to the value and importance of involving indigenous peoples in national and other strategies for sustainable development
Download or read book Firestar written by Anne Forbes and published by Floris Books. This book was released on 2013-11-29 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What could possibly send NASA scientists scurrying to a sleepy glen in the Scottish Highlands? Firestar, the heart of all magic, is under attack by a hidden enemy, and both the human and magical worlds are shaken to the core. As hobgoblins strive to outwit the world's top scientists, the Lords of the North try to protect Firestar. Can Neil, Clara and Lewis help to uncover the real menace and save their magical friends? The fourth fantastic adventure in the Dragonfire series.
Book Synopsis Dragonfire Series Books 4-6 by : Anne Forbes
Download or read book Dragonfire Series Books 4-6 written by Anne Forbes and published by Floris Books. This book was released on 2013-11-29 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an ebook omnibus of books 4, 5 and 6 in the popular Dragonfire series: Firestar, Witch Silver, and Dragon Seeker. Book 4 sees Neil and Clara on holiday near Aberdeen. Little do they know that Firestar, the heart of all magic, is under attack, and their magical friends in great danger. In book 5, Neil and Clara are lead into a nail-biting adventure with witches and a silver amulet. The final installment in the thrilling Dragonfire series finds Neil and Clara joining forces with witches, wolf people, MacArthurs and magicians to stop the Dragon Seeker, Lord Jezail, and his sword Dragonslayer.
Book Synopsis Karanga Indigenous Religion in Zimbabwe by : Tabona Shoko
Download or read book Karanga Indigenous Religion in Zimbabwe written by Tabona Shoko and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tabona Shoko contends that religion and healing are intricately intertwined in African religions. This book on the religion of the Karanga people of Zimbabwe sheds light on important methodological issues relevant to research in the study of African religions. Analysing the traditional Karanga views of the causes of illness and disease, mechanisms of diagnosis at their disposal and the methods they use to restore health, Shoko discusses the views of a specific African Independent Church of the Apostolic tradition. The conclusion Shoko reaches about the central religious concerns of the Karanga people is derived from detailed field research consisting of interviews and participant observation. This book testifies that the centrality of health and well-being is not only confined to traditional religion but reflects its adaptive potential in new religious systems manifest in the phenomenon of Independent Churches. Rather than succumbing to the folly of static generalizations, Tabona Shoko offers important insights into a particular society upon which theories can be reassessed, adding new dimensions to modern features of the religious scene in Africa.
