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Social disharmony, inauthenticity and patriarchy: an Ubuntu perspective on the practice of female genital mutilation. [PDF]

open access: yesDev World Bioeth
Abstract Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a universal issue which affects girls in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and South America, and immigrant communities in Western Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. FGM is a cultural practice in approximately 29 countries in Africa, affecting over 140 million girls.
Ally TA, Tandwa LA.
europepmc   +2 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
doaj   +1 more source

Investigation of the efficacy of different semen extenders and in vitro storage period on Windsnyer boar sperm quality equilibrated at 18°C

open access: yesReproduction in Domestic Animals, Volume 57, Issue 12, Page 1644-1648, December 2022., 2022
Abstract The study aimed to determine the efficacy of different semen extenders and in vitro storage periods on the Windsnyer boar sperm quality equilibrated at 18°C. Ejaculates (n = 18) from three Windsnyer boars of known fertility were evaluated for macroscopic traits, pooled, and then allocated for extension in Beltsville Thawing Solution (BTS) and ...
Mamonene Angelinah Thema   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Walking Together to the Promised Land

open access: yesThe Ecumenical Review, Volume 74, Issue 4, Page 645-657, October 2022., 2022
Abstract This article posits that Black theology of liberation (BTL) focused only on race and class, even when it included patriarchy in its theological vision, thus running the risk of truncating the liberation of Black humanity. The rigidity of patriarchy and the continued tendency of BTL to speak of the Black community as if Black women do not exist
Fundiswa A. Kobo
wiley   +1 more source

Caught between the sacred and the secular: The pentecostal pastor as a leader in a world in constant flux

open access: yesMissionalia: Southern African Journal of Missiology, 2021
The exponential growth of Pentecostalism globally suggests a strong social and economic impact which member churches of this tradition are expected to have on the communities they serve.
Masenya, Malesela Jan
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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   +1 more source

Toward a Relevant De-colonized Curriculum in South Africa: Suggestions for a Way Forward

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2021
The debate on the de-colonization of universities in South African gained momentum after protests by students through the #FeesMustFall (FMF) and #RhodesMustFall (RMF) movements.
Malesela J. Masenya
doaj   +1 more source

EATING THE LOUSE AND ITS LARVA! THE INDIGNITY OF POVERTY AS EMBEDDED WITHIN SELECTED AFRICAN AND OLD TESTAMENT PROVERBS

open access: yesScriptura, 2013
Go hloka le pudi ya leleme le letala, ie, to lack even a green-tongued goat, is an African idiom which reveals extreme poverty for one who lacks such a goat. Such a person “eats a louse and uses its larva as relish!” From the wisdom literature of African
Madipoane Masenya
doaj   +1 more source

Digital preservation systems and technologies in South African academic libraries

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Information Management, 2021
Background: Academic institutions risk losing vital digital information if urgent measures are not taken to safeguard digital resources and to allow for long-term access.
Tlou M. Masenya, Patrick Ngulube
doaj   +1 more source

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