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“Slow marriage,” “fast bogadi”: change and continuity in marriage in Botswana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Jacqueline Solway --- Department of International Development Studies and Department of Anthropology, CanadaClassic work on Tswana marriage emphasises that it is a process of becoming, involving a series of rituals and prestations characterised by a long period of socially productive ambiguity in which the status of the union, the spouses, their children... -
Traditions of kinship, marriage and bridewealth in southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Adam Kuper --- Anthropology, United KingdomIn the pre-colonial period, and in most parts of Southern Africa throughout the nineteenth and well into the twentieth century, marriage, the family and the homestead were embedded in economic, political and religious institutions. The household was the hub of... -
Beef cuts amongst the Bangwaketse: the case of motlhakanelwa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Thapelo Otlogetswe --- , BotswanaThe Setswana wedding is characterised by ritual intensity. Whilst some rituals are changing rapidly, one particular event that has remained relevant is the handling and sharing of the motlhakanelwa beast. Kgomo ya motlhakanelwa, the beast that is shared, is one...