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Reformulating identity in post war Mozambique: Sexuality and initiation of women in the Pafuri Triangle

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School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark

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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, missionaries and independent state rule. However, the paper forwards the proposition that initiation and sexuality are crucial for the self-expression and authority of women, and that it is in fact, central to the way in which people re-orientate themselves after events of war and displacement. Sexuality is part of the allure of the Pafuri as a border region, particularly for residents in South Africa and Mozambique, who share common linkages with each other over international boundaries. The paper argues that Vukhomba is an important aspect of indigenous knowledge that is central to the way in which people manage disruption.

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Conner, T.K. 2020. Reformulating identity in post war Mozambique: Sexuality and initiation of women in the Pafuri Triangle. New Contree. 84:57-73, Jul. [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/4969]

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