10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOBOLA»
Discover the use of
lobola in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
lobola and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lobola: its implications for women's reproductive rights in ...
The commercialisation of lobola has stripped it of its symbolism and reduced it to yet another way of controlling women's reproductive rights."
Sara C. Mvududu, Women and Law in Southern Africa Research Project, 2002
This delightful novel is filled with naughty humor and ironic reversals of stereotype.
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States of Conflict: Gender, Violence and Resistance
The view that lobola allows men to treat women as commodities was not
uncommon. Yet all the women interviewed stated that lobola was a fundamental
part of African culture. As such, it was remarkable to discover that although some
women ...
Susie Jacobs, Ruth Jacobson, Jennifer Marchbank, 2000
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Women Speak: Reflections on Our Struggles, 1982-1997
SPEAK 25, 1989 Is lobola still worthwhile? speaK went out and asked young
people what they thought of lobola, or bride price, in these changing times. The
question we asked was: "Will there be lobola in a post- apartheid South Africa?
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World Order and Religion
For this reason the missionaries among the Bantu targeted lobola, the marriage
dowry, polygamy, and circumcision for concerted action. Lobola was the custom
whereby a young man preparing to marry offers cattle as payment to the bride's ...
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The Changing Position of Women in Family and Society: A ...
Transfer of marriage goods (lobola) : After a decision has been reached with
regard to the marriage partner, negotiations begin for the transfer of marriage
goods, generally known as lobola, which form an important part of the traditional
...
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Professional Women in South African Pentecostal Charismatic ...
of not paying for her own lobola, but her boyfriend did not earn very much and as
she was a well qualified woman with an MBA from GIBS (Gordon Institute of
Business Science) and her lobola was therefore very high. She was a senior ...
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Woman and African Society
This ambivalence is seen first in changing practices of lobola,3 the exchange of
bridewealth by the man's family for a woman as his wife. Writing in the thirties,
both Kuper and Marwick stress lobola as 'the really important element in
marriage' ...
Man Singh Das, Vijay Kumar Gupta, 1995
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Women in African Colonial Histories
Lobola Lobola (bridewealth) was central to questions of marriage, and
challenges to both lobola and marriage have heralded transformations in many
southern African societies. Some leaders of ZANU's High Command and of the
Department ...
Susan Geiger, Nakanyike Musisi, Jean Marie Allman, 2002
choice over whom they would marry; that childless marriages are doomed to
failure; that all unions involve the payment of lobola; that the married couple
always resides at the husband's father's homestead; or that all, or even most,
Swazi men ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOBOLA»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
lobola is used in the context of the following news items.
allAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: Glamming Up Lobola Day
Tafadzwa Zimoyo — In the past, the day of lobola payment was exciting for the families and friends of the couple at the centre of the ritual. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
iafrica.com 'Dis Ek, Anna' to debut at DIFF 2015
... Eduan van Jaarsveldt (Fanie Fourie's Lobola,Long Walk to Freedom) and Drikus Volschenk (Long Walk to Freedom, Skoonheid). Rounding ... «iAfrica.com, Jul 15»
Taxi driver stalked victim for three years
And he also offered to pay the lobola, or bride price, to her parents - a sum of money which, if paid, would give him her hand in marriage. «TheGazette.co.uk, Jul 15»
Man demands lobola back after break-up
A Harare woman, Selina Mawona, was yesterday granted a protection order against her former husband Ernest Gadzikwa whom she accused ... «NewsDay, Jul 15»
Don't mess with Grace Mugabe – she could be the next president of …
The March/April 1995 issue of Horizon, then Zimbabwe's top-selling lifestyle magazine, broke the story that Mugabe had paid lobola – bride price – to Grace's ... «The Zimbabwe Daily, Jul 15»
Teen bride left with deep scars
Her lobola negotiations were concluded quickly and Malishe remained at her husband's home as he made his way to Johannesburg. As soon ... «News24, Jul 15»
Jimmy Tau paid R200 000 lobola
Former Kaizer Chiefs defender and now businessman, Jimmy Tau, has allegedly paid R200 000 for ilobolo for Sizakele Manonga, according to ... «DRUM Magazine, Jul 15»
Of repulsive lobola payments, smutty childish exchanges
featured image. Marriage and bliss . . . The Ghanaian flavour was overwhelming at the Pokelo lobola ceremony and we could not help noticing the missing link. «The Zimbabwe Daily, Jun 15»
Ghanaian Elikem pays $25000 lobola for Pokello
Elikem told Ghanaian media that he paid Lobola for his Zimbabwean girlfriend at a private ceremony on Saturday which was also attended by ... «New Zimbabwe.com, Jun 15»
King praises Cebekhulu family for respecting Swazi culture
Cebekhulu paid 50 cattle towards lobola of the princess and further presented the King and Her Majesty the Indlovukazi with special gifts ... «The Swazi Observer, Jun 15»
