Lobola Bridewealth in Contemporary Southern Africa Implications for Gender Equality 1st editon by Lovemore Togarasei, Ezra Chitando ISBN 3030595234 9783030595234

1. Introduction

Part I. History and Background of Lobola

2. No to Bride Price/Bride Wealth, Yes to Roora: Investigating the Meaning, Function and Purpose of Roora as a Ritual

3. Roora/Lobola Language, Meaning and Function: A Keystone of Shona Culture

4. Bride Wealth in Southern Africa: Origin, Functions, Rights, and Gender-Based Violence

Part II. Lobola in Sacred Texts and Literature

5. The Bible in the Lobola Debate

6. The Jewish and Shona Perspectives of Bride Wealth in Light of Calls for Roora Abolition

7. The Biblical and Cultural Bases for Lobola in Light of Calls for Lobola Abolition in the African Context

8. Disempowerment of Men by Men? A Comparative Analysis of Lobola and Mahr Impact on Non-hegemonic Masculinities in Zimbabwe

9. Roora (Bride Price) and Femininity of Entrapment in ChiShona Literature

10. “Jojina,” “Marujata” and “Chihera”: Celebrating Women’s Agency in the Debate on Roora in Shona Culture

Part III. Lobola Practices in Some Southern African Communities

11. Bogadi Practice and the Place of Women in the Botswana Society

12. Mutation of Lobola and “Othering” of Women in Ndebele Culture

13. African Culture and Modernity: A Critical Review of the Vhavenḓa Lumalo Practice in Zimbabwe

14. A Critical Assessment of Lobola Marriage Practices in Malawi: Mzimba Case Study

15. Ndzovolo Practices Among Vatsonga in Zimbabwe and Their Implications on Gender

16. Gender Implications of the Metaphorical Use of Mapere (Hyenas) in Some Roora Practices Among the Shona People in Zimbabwe

17. Commercialisation of Marriage Rites and Commodification of Women in Contemporary Times: The Discourse of Lobola in the Public Sphere in Zambia

18. Intersection of Lobola, Intimate Partner Violence and Love Among Karanga Christians in Chivi District, Zimbabwe

19. Creating Alternatives to the Commercialisation of Magadi Among Bapedi People in South Africa

Part IV. Philosophical and Theological Reflections on the Practice of Lobola

20. An Enquiry into the Value of Human Life: The Lobola Perspective

21. Contextual African Theological Interpretation of Ilobola as a Gender Issue in the Era of Globalisation

22. Lobola and Gender Equality: A Theological Hermeneutic Approach

23. Our Debt to Our Parents: Perspectives on Lobola in the Shona Culture

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