Chikamoneka!: Gender and Empire in Religion and Public Life

Chikamoneka!: Gender and Empire in Religion and Public Life

Author: Lilian Siwila

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2022-03-21

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9996076032

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This is a pioneering volume that emerges from the voices of women scholars who belong to the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians in their response to the subjection of women and children in religion and public life. The book uses the metaphor "Chikamoneka" literally meaning, it shall be seen, to demonstrate resistance to all forms of oppression by empire to humanity, especially those inflicted on women and children. Some of the themes that addressed in this book are drawn from women's lived experiences. This demonstrates the power of narrative theory as a tool for academic discourse. The book makes a vital contribution to academic, religious and secular society in the field of Gender, Religion, Development and Sociology. It is also the first publication by the Zambian Women of Circle.


Reclaim

Reclaim

Author: association AWARE

Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand

Published: 2024-07-01

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 2956053345

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Little has been published about African women artists to date. This is due to a general Western hegemony over the construction of histories and discourses, but also to discrimination against women across national borders. This publication attempts to fill some of the gaps and explore the patterns underlying these dynamics. It brings together research on the practices and lives of women from different African countries, from modernist artists to independence activists to contemporary voices. These proceedings emerge from the symposium "Reclaim: Narratives of African Women Artists," organised by AWARE: Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions in partnership with the Ecole du Louvre as part of the Africa2020 Season. They are a contribution to the revalorisation of the role of African women artists in cultural history, but also to broader reflections on the mechanisms of knowledge production both in Africa and in the West.


Seeking Viable Grassroots Representation Mechanisms in African Constitutions

Seeking Viable Grassroots Representation Mechanisms in African Constitutions

Author: Charles Mwalimu

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 742

ISBN-13: 9781433107825

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In this book Charles Mwalimu explores viable grassroots representation mechanisms in African constitutions in order to positively integrate indigenous and modern systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. A comparative study method is used to examine the constitutional principles of chieftaincy and local government and their impact on human rights. To establish and prove lack of positive integration Mwalimu connects this failure to poor constitutionalism, development and stultified growth and human rights violations. This book proposes remedial actions to build nondiscriminatory constitutional regimes eradicating violations of human rights.


GIANTS OF LIBERATION

GIANTS OF LIBERATION

Author: Mwila Chriseddy Bwanga

Publisher: BeRelevant Publishers

Published: 2023-04-23

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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The Giants of Liberation is a book that teaches the essence of transformative and inspiring leadership, unwavering patriotism, and national relevance by drawing lessons from Africa's founding leaders. The book highlights inspiring stories of past leaders with the objective to inspire young readers into becoming leaders that shape the future we envision. By drawing lessons from the pages of history, we become a formidable generation that is ready and steadfast to be the inevitable solution to our world's inevitable problems. Written by Zambian Author Mwila Chriseddy Bwanga, the book has been celebrated by the likes of former Zambian Vice President Mrs. Inonge Mutukwa Wina and Veteran Politician Dr. Vernon Johnson Mwaanga.


Dress Cultures in Zambia

Dress Cultures in Zambia

Author: Karen Tranberg Hansen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2023-04-27

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1009350366

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Explores both Zambian dress practices from the late-colonial period until the present and African contributions to globally circulating fashions.


Satisfying Zambian Hunger for Culture

Satisfying Zambian Hunger for Culture

Author: Mwizenge S. Tembo

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 1479702099

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The Southern African country of Zambia with 72 tribes has experienced tremendous social turmoil during the last 48 years. The 13 million citizens migrated into the cities and professionals immigrated and scattered abroad in a growing Diaspora. The diversity of the Zambian society and globalization has created a cultural crisis. Satisfying Zambian Hunger for Culture discusses social and political history, gender rites of passage, food, religion, witchcraft, and recommendations for contemporary life in the 21st century. The17 chapter book puts the diverse Zambian African tribal customs, culture and technology into the modern digital age.


Distant Companions

Distant Companions

Author: Karen Tranberg Hansen

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2018-03-15

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 1501719955

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Distant Companions tells the fascinating story of the lives and times of domestic servants and their employers in Zambia from the beginning of white settlement during the colonial period until after independence. Emphasizing the interactive nature of relationships of domination, the book is useful for readers who seek to understand the dynamics of domestic service in a variety of settings. In order to examine the servant- employer relationship within the context of larger political and economic processes, Karen Tranberg Hansen employs an unusual combination of methods, including analysis of historical documents, travelogues, memoirs, literature, and life histories, as well as anthropological fieldwork, survey research, and participant observation.


Nehanda

Nehanda

Author: Mwale, Nelly

Publisher: University of Bamberg Press

Published: 2024-07-01

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 398989000X

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Women, Religion and Leadership in Zimbabwe, Volume 2

Women, Religion and Leadership in Zimbabwe, Volume 2

Author: Molly Manyonganise

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-04-12

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 3031247361

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Zimbabwe has invested in women’s emancipation and leadership while articulating a strong Pan-Africanist ideology, providing a valuable entry point into understanding the dynamics relating to women’s leadership in Africa. It is also characterised by radical religious pluralism, thereby facilitating an appreciation of the impact of religion on women’s leadership in Africa more generally. This volume reflects on the role of Zimbabwean women in religio-cultural leadership, with a specific focus on roles within religious organizations. It begins by examining Zimbabwean church women’s leadership roles in long established faith communities. The chapters then hone in on the emergence of churches or ministries founded by women in Zimbabwe, starting from the pre-colonial era and advancing through the last forty years of independence. Hence, the book offers a comprehensive assessment of the challenges and opportunities women in leadership face in religious institutions in the country, before exploring the impact of the pandemic on the ability of women to lead. It will make a major contribution to the advancement of scholarship of gender and leadership in emerging markets.