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Title:Changing aspects of women's initiation in southern Africa: an explanatory study
Author:Jules-Rosette, BennettaISNI
Year:1979
Periodical:Canadian Journal of African Studies
Volume:13
Issue:3
Pages:389-405
Language:English
Geographic term:Zambia
Subjects:girls' initiation
women
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/484966
Abstract:This article combines interview data from urban Bemba, Shona, and Ngoni women initiates with secondary source material and direct observation of revitalized rites in an indigenous church, the Apostles of John Maranke (Vapostori). It is exploratory in its efforts to compare customary rites and revitalized ritual forms. Sections: Introduction: the importance of initiation in the women's life cycle - An overview of women's initiation in two traditional contexts - The symbolic structure of the Bemba chisungu ceremony - The Shona marriage transaction - The mushecho: its history and the significance of its performance - The nine phases of the mushecho ceremony - The mushecho and modernity - An overview of changing aspects of women's initiation in southern Africa - Conclusion. Notes. French sum.
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