The presentation of female characters in three of BM Khaketla's texts: A literary analysis

Phindane, Pule

doi:10.2989/sajal.2012.32.2.13.1150

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“…It should be acknowledged that even though Basotho culture is profoundly patriarchal, a mother in the Sesotho culture plays a pivotal role of being the centre that holds the family together. Basotho “…women do have control over their own lives and are therefore the designers of their own future” ( Phindane, 2012 , p. 207). For instance, long before democratic rule in Lesotho, Basotho already recognised the role of women in running national affairs.…”

Section: Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Basotho ontology of disability: An afrocentric onto-epistemology

Sefotho

2021

Heliyon

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This theoretical article offers a diachronic analysis that is a rebuttal of ontological hegemony of disability as negative. The article is premised on the Ubuntu paradigm from which African wisdom is mostly anchored in idioms and proverbs. This article emerges as a reflection on a Sesotho proverb: Sehole ho ‘Ma-sona ha se lahloe (A child with a disability is never abandoned by the mother). The aim of this article is to demonstrate that Basotho ontology of disability portrays an ubuntu cultural acceptance of people with disabilities as equally human as all human beings. A purposive focus group sample of ten parents of youth with intellectual disability discussed the proverb and shared their experiences of raising a child with disability; and, what the proverb: Sehole ho ‘Ma-sona ha se lahloe mean to them? The qualitative data from the focus group was used to support the theoretical adaptation of Basotho ontology in revising the current understanding of disability. The themes reported in this article are: experiences of raising a child with intellectual disability and a child's love begins with a parent.

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Section: Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%