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Mystical and non-mystical powers in Shona society a study of social control mechanisms.Lichtenstein, Diane Arlene, January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.
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Mwari and the divine heroes: guardians of the ShonaLatham, C J K January 1987 (has links)
No description available.
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A critique of the Shona people of Zimbabwe's concept of salvationMutate, Joe Kennedy. January 1997 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--Denver Seminary, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-92).
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The position of music in Shona mudzimu (ancestral spirit) possession /Maraire, Dumisani. January 1990 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1990. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [358]-362).
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Commodified versions of Shona indigenous music: (re)construction tradition in Zimbabwean popular musicChamisa, Vimbai 16 October 2014 (has links)
This thesis examines Shona commodified songs in order to develop a set of criteria for critically
determining whether a Zimbabwean popular song has appropriated a Shona traditional song
and whether this enables the song to be categorised as “commodified Shona traditional music”.
The study identifies and analyses Zimbabwean popular songs by selected musicians. It identifies
strategies and patterns adopted by the musicians to reconstruct Shona traditional sources. The
study also questions why the musicians draw from the indigenous sources in certain ways and
how the commodified songs are meaningful to them and Shona community members in general.
The analysis shows that there are certain cultural values associated with each of the distinct
Shona musical genres namely mbira, ngoma and jiti. These determine how the songs are
adapted. Mbira music is believed to be the product of ancestors and therefore all the popular
songs that reproduce mbira traditional sources must retain “standard basic” structural
elements. The melorhythmic patterns associated with ngoma traditional sources are usually
maintained in popular music. While text constantly changes, traditional themes are usually
continued. However, the perception and understanding of cultural values usually differ from
one popular musician to another depending on varying personal backgrounds and
compositional purposes. Generally, there are four strategies employed in the adaptation of
Shona traditional music. These are imitation, sampling, combining two or more distinct
indigenous styles and abstract adaptation. The inclusion and exclusion of Shona indigenous
elements in popular music performance play an important role in the reconstruction and
negotiation of cultural heritage and identity for contemporary musicians and audiences.
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Training churches in the Hurungwe district of Zimbabwe to deal with demonized persons through a contextualized Biblical approachFort, L. Gregg. January 1995 (has links)
Thesis (D. Min.)--Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 284-289).
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A social and conceptual history of North-East Zimbabwe, 1890-1990Maxwell, David James January 1994 (has links)
No description available.
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A critical examination of patterns of research in the academic study of Shona traditional religion, with special reference to methodological considerations.Dziva, Douglas. January 1997 (has links)
This thesis is a critical examination of patterns of research
in the academic study of Shona traditional religion, with
special reference to methodological considerations. I analyse
the methods and approaches used so far by prominent writers in
the study of Zimbabwe's Shona traditional religion so that we
may be able to develop better ways of researching it. I then
discuss ways that ought to inform and direct the research
methods that are most likely to yield adequate empirical
studies of the Shona people.
I analyse works of the "early writers", as well as those of
Michael Gelfand, Gordon Chavunduka and Michael Bourdillon.
Where relevant, I explore the connection between the
researchers' religious, cultural, academic or professional
"baggage" and how this relates to their research. Discussing
methodological issues such as: the "insider-outsider"
question, the "emic-etic" issue, value-judgment as well as the
questions of reductionism, "subjectivity" and "objectivity" in
scholarship, I examine these writers' attitudes to, and the
ways they wrote about Shona traditional religion and cultural
practices. I assess their approaches and research methods in
relation to those from various disciplines such as history,
phenomenology, theology, anthropology and participant
observation. I analyse the extent to which these writers, for
example, utilised the historical approach or presented insider
perspectives in an endeavour to reach an adequate and thorough
understanding of Shona religion and culture.
In view of the fact that Shona traditional religion is a
polyvalent and polymorphic community religion, I argue that no
one approach and method can be said to be "the" only method so
as to attain a comprehensive understanding of the meanings
veiled in Shona religion and culture. Furthermore, given the
nature of Shona traditional religion, it is essential for
researchers to exploit as much of oral history as possible.
Thus, researchers also need to learn the Shona language, live
in the community for a long period of time, attend and observe
every bit of Shona life so as to see, hear and understand how
these phenomena fit together. It is suggested that
methodological conversion and agnostic restraint need to be
forged into a multi-disciplinary and poly-methodic science of
religion in the quest of a research model to be used in order
to attain a better understanding of Shona religion, culture
and society. / Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 1997.
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The impact of traditional Shona beliefs on HIV/AIDS intervention in ZimbabweGoercke, Brian. January 2004 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--Duquesne University, 2004. / Title from document title page. Abstract included in electronic submission form. Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-102) and abstract.
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Approaching benevolence in missionsWhitmer, Steven Michael. January 1995 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--Johnson Bible College, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 115-122).
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