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The children left to stand alone
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Sidsel RoalkvamDrawing upon ethnographic fieldwork in Seke, a semi-rural area outside Harare, Zimbabwe, this paper explores the social mechanism behind the seeming invisibility of children left on their own and how this form of 'invisibility' challenges established notions of childhood, parenthood,... -
The Social Value of Lobola: Perceptions of South African College Students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Dorcas M. Khomari --- University of Limpopo, South Africa Cebile Tebele --- University of South Africa, Kathryn Nel --- University of Limpopo, South AfricaThe present study reports on the social value of lobola (dowry payment) as perceived by a convenience sample of college students (N = 30; females = 60%; males = 40%) attending a majority Black university. Qualitative data were collected from... -
Marital symbols and the marriage satisfaction and spiritual well-being of BaTswana married women
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Victoria B Segami --- Optentia Research Area, South Africa Chrizanne Van Eeden --- Optentia Research Area, South AfricaThe study explored marriage satisfaction and spiritual well-being, the association between marital symbols, and the association between marriage satisfaction and spiritual well-being. A convenience sample of BaTswana married women were participants (n = 366; age range = 30–60 years, SD...