Browsing Journals by Subject "Mozambique"
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Decolonising images? The liberation script in Mozambican history textbooks
(The South African Society forHistory Teaching (SASHT) under the patronage of the North-West University, 2020)In this article we examine the textbook narratives of the colonial past and the nation-building process in Mozambique, a Southern African country which gained its independence in 1975. One of the priorities after independence ... -
Reformulating identity in post war Mozambique: Sexuality and initiation of women in the Pafuri Triangle
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark, 2020)This paper explores the initiation of women – or Vukhomba – in Pafuri, Mozambique. As historical literature illustrates, this is an event that is linked to the repression and regulation of sexuality by colonialists, ... -
Towards the legal recognition and governance of forest ecosystem services in Mozambique
(2013)Within the context of Mozambique, this paper examines the state of forest ecosystem services, the dependency of the population on these systems for their well-being, if an adaptive governance regime is being created which ... -
What is the Future of Polygyny (Polygamy) in Africa?
(NWU, 2017-11-06)The traditional practice of polygyny, whereby only a man is allowed to marry more than one wife in a customary marriage, has long been perceived to be an offender of women's rights. Recent family law reforms on the African ...