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

Taringa, Nisbert Taisekwa; Museka, Godfrey

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“…The western token of marriage where there is no roora payment can be adopted, and the token of appreciation can become an affordable ring, which the man will give to his wife. Our proposition of this shift in the roora tradition avers with Taringa and Museka (2020) who reiterated that roora should be treated like a ceremonial practice than a commercial transaction, which is now gaining prominence because of misappropriation and misinterpretation that has been wrought by the dilution of the practice because of foreign and external cultures and practices. In the light of this background, this article proposes http://www.hts.org.za Open Access that laws should be enforced that address property ownership, marriage, divorce and child custody whenever one is convicted of sexually assaulting women.…”

Section: Hunhuism (Humanness or Human Kindness)mentioning

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Construction of rape culture amongst the Shona indigenous religion and culture: Perspectives from African feminist cultural hermeneutics

Sande

Chirongoma

2021

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

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Rape culture is reportedly prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa. Culture, patriarchy, poverty and religion continue to sustain rape culture. The notions of the objectification of women’s bodies amongst the Shona people are causatives for rape culture within diverse cultural institutions. Africans reasonably uphold marriage with high esteem; unfortunately, the marriage institution is also susceptible to becoming a source of abuse, coercion, and is often used as a tool for controlling women. Some of the entrenched marital rituals embody diverse detrimental and contentious practices, which deprive girls and women their autonomous rights, particularly their sexual and reproductive rights. This research article interrogates numerous aspects within the Shona indigenous religion and culture, which precipitate the construction of rape culture. The study uses African feminism as a theoretical framework. It utilises African feminist cultural hermeneutics to interrogate rape culture amongst the Shona people. The research study is qualitative with a conceptual analysis paradigm. It concludes by proposing the need for tapping into some life-giving and gender inclusive principles within the Shona indigenous religion and culture to be utilised as tools for eradicating rape culture.Contribution: Utilising the African feminist cultural hermeneutical framework, the article interrogated several factors precipitating rape culture amongst the Shona people. It foregrounded that women bear the brunt of burden of rape culture. It concludes by proposing the need for tapping into some positive Shona indigenous traditions as tools for curbing rape culture.

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Section: Hunhuism (Humanness or Human Kindness)mentioning

confidence: 89%

Construction of rape culture amongst the Shona indigenous religion and culture: Perspectives from African feminist cultural hermeneutics

Sande

Chirongoma

2021

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

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“…African societies, including in Zambia especially in rural areas, are patriarchal and consider male children more as they carry the family name and continue with family legacies, whilst female children are married off and bear the names of their husbands (Ogundipe-Leslie, 1993; Dyer, 2007). On the other hand, some African cultures value women more as they enhance family wealth when the family charges the bride price at the time of marriage (Taringa & Museka, 2021). In this study, we do not know whether these cultural factors influenced our findings on why male children were associated with better health-seeking behaviour compared to female children, as this was an observational study with no qualitative explanatory inquiry.…”

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The Prevalence and Factors Associated with Prompt Diagnosis and Treatment of Fever among Under-five Children in Zambia; Evidence from a Country-wide Cross-Sectional Survey

Phiri,

Sialubanje,

Hamainza

et al. 2023

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Introduction: Fever is one of the signs of a suspected infection as the body mounts an inflammatory response to fight infections such as malaria, pneumonia and gastroenteritis. Prompt diagnosis of the aetiology of the fever and appropriate treatment can prevent severe disease and mortality. Delayed diagnosis and treatment of infections contribute significantly to the high under-five mortality ratio. This study assessed the prevalence and associated factors to prompt diagnosis and treatment of fever among under-five children in Zambia. Methods: The study used secondary data from a nationwide cross-sectional survey carried out during the rainy season, a peak transmission season for malaria and oral-faecal transmitted diseases. The survey used multistage computer-generated random sampling by statistical enumeration areas (SEAs) as clusters and households within the SEAs. Informed consent was obtained from the adult caregivers of the children. All children within the selected households below five years were included in the study, and the caregivers were interviewed on the occurrence of fever in the two weeks preceding the survey. In addition, the children were tested for malaria using rapid diagnostic tests and haemoglobin count. The data was analysed in STATA version 14 using weights to account for inter and intra-cluster correlations (ICC). Descriptive statistics using measures of frequencies, medians and interquartile ranges were done, and cross-tabulations and logistic regression were used to assess measures of association. The significance level was set at a P-value of 0.05 and a confidence level of 95%. Results: Out of the 3003 under-five children included, 728 had a fever in the two weeks preceding the survey, reflecting the prevalence of fever of 19.5%. The fever was more common in poverty-related indicators such as lower education levels of heads of households, rural areas, lower wealth status, not using ITNs, and malaria and anaemia. The prevalence of prompt health-seeking behaviour was 57.3% which raises concerns that 42.7% of the children with fever did not have prompt treatment within the same of the next day of fever onset. Cross-tabulations showed that prompt health-seeking behaviour was more common in children who were boys, children older than one year compared to those who were below one year, heads of households with secondary or tertiary education, Eastern, Muchinga and North-western provinces and those who did use indoor residual spraying. Further, the adjusted multivariable model found that the male sex of the children was associated with significantly increased odds of prompt health-seeking behaviour aOR 1.52 and the use of IRS was also associated with increased odds of prompt health-seeking behaviour aOR 1.8. While having secondary or tertiary education compared to no education was not statistically associated with prompt health-seeking behaviour (P-value = 0.085), the odds were also increased nonetheless aOR 1.30. Conclusion: This study has found that the prevalence of fever among under-five children in Zambia is comparable to other sub-Saharan African Countries. Fever was associated with age, education, area of residence, wealth status and use of malaria prevention interventions like insecticide-treated nets and indoor residual spraying. Further, fever was found to be associated with the presence of anaemia and malaria. Health-seeking behaviour among children with fever was sub-optimal, as a considerable proportion did not seek treatment. Factors associated with health-seeking behaviour among children with fever include sex, education levels of the head of the household and staying in a house with indoor residual spraying.

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

Cited by 2 publications

References 12 publications

Construction of rape culture amongst the Shona indigenous religion and culture: Perspectives from African feminist cultural hermeneutics

Construction of rape culture amongst the Shona indigenous religion and culture: Perspectives from African feminist cultural hermeneutics

The Prevalence and Factors Associated with Prompt Diagnosis and Treatment of Fever among Under-five Children in Zambia; Evidence from a Country-wide Cross-Sectional Survey

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