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SARS-CoV-2 Helicase (NSP13) Interacts with Mammalian Polyamine and HSP Partners in Promoting Viral Replication. [PDF]

open access: yesCurr Issues Mol Biol
We present a computational study that precedes the potential interactions between SARS-CoV-2 helicase (NSP13) and selected host proteins implicated in chaperone-assisted folding and polyamine metabolism.
Sitobo Z   +7 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

A male body as communal space? Engaging sexuality and masculinities from selected sacred texts

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2023
Expressions such as ‘a piece of a man is better than no man’, and monna ke kobo, re a apolelana [a man is a blanket, he is shared among us] (read: women) afford hearers a small glimpse about female perceptions on a male body and/or male sexuality ...
Madipoane Masenya
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Orality, gender and sacred texts in the context of tele-evangelism

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021
In oral cultures such as (traditional) African cultures and the cultures that eventually produced the Christian Bible, women formed an integral part of the art of storytelling. In patriarchal cultures where the normativity of a male is taken for granted,
Madipoane Masenya Ngwan’a Mphahlele
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Making Sense of Psalm 127:3-5 in African / South African Contexts

open access: yesOld Testament Essays, 2019
African wisdom sayings have enjoyed and continue to enjoy some authoritative status in varying African contexts from time immemorial till today. As sacred texts, African proverbs have shaped and continue to shape, whether consciously or not, the ...
Madipoane Masenya (Ngwan'a Mphahlele)
doaj   +3 more sources

A literary figure or patriarchal reality? Reflections on the ‘ēšet hayil in light of depictions of womanhood from selected Yorùbá and Sotho proverbs

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2018
In varying Jewish and African contexts (cf. the Yorùbá and Sotho in the present essay), the ‘ēšet hayil is regarded as a historical figure who should serve as a model for women both young and old.
Madipoane Masenya
doaj   +2 more sources

Reverend Mother and Tamar (Gn 38) trapped between ‘artificial’ barrenness and ‘normative’ motherhood: Any fitting biblical hermeneutic?

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019
Reverend Mother’s entry into ordained ministry did not quench her maternal instinct to experience the fruit of her own body. Her craving was thus not for a man as a husband but for a baby, the fruit of her own womb.
Madipoane J. Masenya
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Tamed identities? Glimpsing her identity in Proverbs 10:1–22:16 and selected African proverbs

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2018
Notions about worthy womanhood are shaped to a large extent by the cultural contexts in which they are constructed. In the global village though, shaped as it is mainly by Eurocentric cultures, it would be presumptuous to assume that one can with ...
Madipoane Masenya
doaj   +2 more sources

Gender and sexualities in African contexts and Circle theologies

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2016
No abstract available.
V. Ndikhokele N. Mtshiselwa   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Without a voice, with a violated body: Re-reading Judges 19 to challenge gender violence in sacred texts

open access: yesMissionalia: Southern African Journal of Missiology, 2012
Although they are a majority of the South African population, African women in South Africa remain on the periphery of the margins of our communities. They are women who, although are a majority, mostly remain without a voice.
Masenya, Madipoane J. (ngwan’a Mphahlele)
doaj   +2 more sources

Hearing Jeremiah’s Confessions in Light of the Metaphor of the ‘Silent’ Sheep: Reflections through the African Lore

open access: yesOld Testament Essays, 2018
In varying African cultures, and dare one say, even in global cultures, normative masculinity is defined among others, by men’s capacity not to cry. Expressing feelings such as helplessness, weakness, being overwhelmed, pain and trauma overtly, is not ...
Madipoane Masenya
doaj   +2 more sources

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