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Mutanda, Darlington, and Howard Rukondo. "The impact of FGM on Shangani women in Zimbabwe." International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare 9, no. 1 (March 14, 2016): 52–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijhrh-05-2015-0013.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the context of gender and HIV/AIDS among the Shangani people in Zimbabwe. Broadly, the discussion ais to fcus on how FGM has been used as tool to maintain the subordinate position of women in the Shangani community. Design/methodology/approach – In addition to secondary material, the paper hugely benefited from interviews with Shangani women in order to appreciate the challenges of eradicating FGM in their society. The sources pointed to the fact that in addition to being exploitative, FGM has no direct health benefits to women. Findings – The paper confirms that eliminating FGM is difficult because it is deeply entrenched in the patriarchal establishment of the Shangani society. As a result of the patriarchal nature of the society, women find themselves subjected to positions of powerlessness as compared to their male counterparts. Originality/value – The paper confirms that FGM is a widespread practice in many African communities including Zimbabwe. As communities grapple with the challenges of eradicating or minimising the practice, it is important in the meantime to modernise cultural practices like FGM as a way of doing away with the spreading of HIV/AIDS. Indonesia has already taken that route. FGM as a cultural practice exposes young women to HIV infection because of blood conduct.

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Manley, Marcelle. "The reality of myth." Religion and Theology 1, no. 1 (1994): 27–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157430194x00042.

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AbstractThis article was inspired by the Shangaan sculptor and prophet Jackson Hlungwani who has gained considerable renown all over southern Africa and further afield for his art. Jackson's sculpture is mythical. His communication is mythical. And contact with him makes one realise that faith without a mythical basis becomes - to use Cantwell Smith's distinction - mere religion .... What follows is a clarification of this statement.

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Johnston, Thomas F. "Children's music of the Shangana-Tsonga." African Music: Journal of the International Library of African Music 6, no. 4 (1987): 126–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.21504/amj.v6i4.1264.

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Mariano, E. C. "Involuntary childlessness among the Shangana (Mozambique)." Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 22, no. 4 (November 2004): 261–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02646830412331298314.

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Chasi, Colin, and Ntsako Lowane. "CONSIDERING UBUNTU FOR SATIRICAL (ONLINE) COMMUNICATION: COMMENTS ON JESUS IS A SHANGAAN." Communitas 21, no. 1 (November 17, 2016): 43–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.18820/24150525/comm.v21.4.

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Niehaus, Isak. "Ethnicity and the boundaries of belonging: reconfiguring Shangaan identity in the South African lowveld." African Affairs 101, no. 405 (October 1, 2002): 557–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/101.405.557.

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Macagno, Lorenzo. "Missionaries and the Ethnographic Imagination. Reflections on the Legacy of Henri-Alexandre Junod (1863–1934)." Social Sciences and Missions 22, no. 1 (2009): 55–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187489409x434063.

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AbstractThis article consists of a reflection on the ethnographic and political legacy of the protestant missionary Henri-Alexandre Junod. A member of the Swiss Mission, Junod was one of the few missionaries to enjoy the recognition of “professional” anthropologists in his time (among them, Malinowski himself, who praised his pioneering ethnography on the Thonga of southern Africa). But beyond his important ethnographic legacy, his work as a missionary brought him into contact with many perplexities and paradoxes. Besides living and working in the Union of South Africa – present day South Africa – he lived for many years in Mozambique, where at certain times, his presence – and that of the protestant missionaries in general – was not well accepted by Portuguese Colonial Regime. Today, the policies on bilingual education, the process of reinvention of the Shangaan identity, the multicultural dilemmas of post-socialist Mozambique and the role of the Protestant churches in the formation of the civil society, cannot be understood without a systematic and renewed reflection on the legacy of Henri-Alexandre Junod. Cet article propose une réflexion sur l'héritage ethnographique et politique du missionnaire protestant Henri-Alexandre Junod. Membre de la Missions Suisse Romande, Junod fut un des rares missionnaires qui fut reconnu de son vivant par les anthropologues "professionnels" (entre autres Malinowski lui-même qui loua son travail ethnographique sur les Thonga d'Afrique australe). Au-delà son héritage ethnographique, le travail de Junod comme missionnaire l'exposa aussi à plusieurs perplexités et paradoxes. En plus de vivre et travailler dans l'Union d'Afrique du Sud – aujourd'hui Afrique du sud – il vécut durant de nombreuses années au Mozambique où, à certains moments, sa présence – et celle des missionnaires protestants en général – ne fut pas bien acceptée par le régime colonial portugais. Aujourd'hui les politiques d'éducation bilingues, le processus de la réinvention de l'identité Shangaan, les dilemmes multiculturels d'un Mozambique postsocialiste et le rôle des églises Protestantes dans la formation d'une société civile ne peuvent pas être compris sans une réflexion systématique et renouvelée de l'héritage d'Henri-Alexandre Junod.

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Naidu, Maheshvari, and William Muc hono. "Male Perceptions Toward the Cultural Practice of Chinamwali/Khomba Among the Mahenye." Oriental Anthropologist: A Bi-annual International Journal of the Science of Man 19, no. 1 (June 2019): 25–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0972558x19835381.

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This exploratory and descriptive article explores male perceptions toward the cultural practice of chinamwali/khomba among the Shangaan of the Mahenye community of Chipinge district in Zimbabwe. Chinamwali/khomba is the cultural practice of female initiation among the Mahenye people. The article draws on narratives of men from interviews and focus group discussions and describes khomba/chinamwali as a central aspect of (female) body politics in the Mahenye community, where the female practice of chinamwali marks the entrance into so-called ‘womanhood’ [sic]. The men’s sexually gendered narratives reveal how the women’s bodily sexual enactments become ‘cultural texts’ prescribed and inscribed by (male) societal perceptions and social (sexual) interactions. Semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions were carried out with 40 men from the community. Social role theory was the lens which was used to analyse these dynamics. Emergent findings reveal that the men of the community compel an overtly patriarchal agenda by encouraging and compelling women to be initiated.

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Tavuyanago, Baxter. ""Our fathers and grandfathers were born here…" Shangaan eviction experiences from the Gonarezhou National Park, 1957-1968." Historia 62, no. 2 (2017): 46–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2309-8392/2017/v62n2a3.

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LÁSZLÓ, GYULA M., and ALVARO A. VETINA. "Contribution to the knowledge of the Nolini of the Maputo Special Reserve in South Mozambique with description of two new species and several taxonomic updates (Lepidoptera, Nolidae, Nolinae)." Zootaxa 4571, no. 2 (March 26, 2019): 225. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4571.2.3.

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Present paper contains the first comprehensive summary of the Nolini species of the Maputo Special Reserve collected between November 2016 and February 2018. The Nolini fauna counts 21 species in total, 17 species are proved to be new for the fauna of Mozambique, two species are new to science and described here as Mecothrix maputuana sp. n. and Meganola shangaana sp. n. The subgenus Mecothrix Hacker, 2012 is upgraded to genus rank. Mecothrix cana Hacker, 2012 and Nola submelanoscelis Hacker, 2012 are downgraded to subspecies rank (Mecothrix aegyptiaca cana Hacker, 2012 stat. n., Nola biangulata submelanoscelis Hacker, 2012 stat. n.). Meganola meridianissima Hacker, 2012 syn. n. and Meganola kakamega Hacker, 2012 syn. n. are synonymized with Meganola bispermutata Hacker, 2012, in addition Nolidia nanoxantha Hacker, 2012 syn. n. and Nolidia polionana Hacker, 2012 syn. n. are synonymised with Nolidia elachistomorpha Hacker, 2012. Nolidia elachistomorpha is transferred to the genus Hampsonola László, Ronkay & Ronkay, 2015 (Hampsonola elachistomorpha (Hacker, 2012) comb. n.). With 43 colour and 40 black and white figures.

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Babane, M. T., and M. T. Chauke. "Cross-border Language Harmonization: A Case of Xitsonga (South Africa) and Shangani (Zimbabwe)." Journal of Sociology and Social Anthropology 6, no. 3 (July 2015): 435–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09766634.2015.11885685.

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Pines, Yuri. "DATING A PRE-IMPERIAL TEXT: THE CASE STUDY OF THEBOOK OF LORD SHANG." Early China 39 (2016): 145–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/eac.2016.3.

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AbstractThis article explores the dating of theBook of Lord Shang(Shangjunshu商君書). Despite the importance of this text as one of major ideological products of the Warring States period (453–221b.c.e.), it remained largely ignored in mainstream Western Sinology, in part because of the confusion about the dates of its composition. The article analyzes different criteria employed by earlier scholars to ascertain the dates of individual chapters of theBook of Lord Shangand investigates the relative weight of each of these criteria. This results in a methodologically transparent discussion, which not only advances our understanding of the complex textual history of theBook of LordShang but also makes a step toward establishment of a commonly acceptable set of dating determinants which may be employed in investigating the dates of other pre-imperial (i.e. pre-221b.c.e.) texts.

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Pines, Yuri. "A “Total War”? Rethinking Military Ideology in the Book of Lord Shang." Journal of Chinese Military History 5, no. 2 (November 21, 2016): 97–134. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22127453-12341299.

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TheBook of Lord Shang, commonly identified as a major work of the so-called Legalist school, is also an important, albeit much neglected treatise in the history of Chinese military thought. Beyond specific recommendations concerning both defensive and offensive warfare, the book presents a coherent view that the state should restructure its socioeconomic and cultural policies in order to turn every man into a valiant soldier. The book epitomizes the ideology of “total war” in which the differences between civilian and military affairs are blurred. The society is profoundly militarized and the army, in turn, is profoundly bureaucratized.This article explores military thought in theBook of Lord Shangand focuses on its views of mobilization, indoctrination of soldiers, military discipline, rules of military engagement, and military command. I further deal with the question of why the book’s military ideology has been all but neglected after the end of the Han dynasty.

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LEWANDO HUNDT, GILLIAN, MARIA STUTTAFORD, and BULELWA NGOMA. "THE SOCIAL DIAGNOSTICS OF STROKE-LIKE SYMPTOMS: HEALERS, DOCTORS AND PROPHETS IN AGINCOURT, LIMPOPO PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA." Journal of Biosocial Science 36, no. 4 (June 23, 2004): 433–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021932004006662.

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This paper focuses on the clinical and social diagnostics of stroke-like symptoms in Limpopo Province, South Africa. The research questions addressed here are: what are the lay understandings of strokelike symptoms and what are the health-seeking behaviours of Tsongan Mozambican refugees and South Africans in this area? The study site is ten villages in the Agincourt sub-district of Limpopo Province which are within the health surveillance area of the Agincourt Health and Population Unit (AHPU) of the University of Witwatersrand. The population are Tsongan who speak Shangaan and comprise self-settled Mozambican refugees who fled to this area during the 1980s across the nearby border and displaced South African citizens. The latter were forcibly displaced from their villages to make way for game reserves or agricultural development and moved to this area when it was the former ‘homeland’ of Gazankulu. The team collected data using rapid ethnographic assessment and household interviews as part of the Southern Africa Stroke Prevention Initiative (SASPI). The main findings are that stroke-like symptoms are considered to be both a physical and social condition, and in consequence plural healing using clinical and social diagnostics is sought to address both these dimensions. People with stroke-like symptoms maintain their physical, mental and social well-being and deal with this affliction and misfortune by visiting doctors, healers, prophets and churches.

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Makhubele, J. C. "Indigenous knowledge in the context of sexual and reproductive health and rights amongst the Tsonga/Shangaan speaking people in a rural community of Limpopo Province: A social work perspective." International Journal of Health Promotion and Education 49, no. 4 (January 2011): 161–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14635240.2011.10708225.

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RANGANAI, R. T. "STRUCTURAL AND SUBSURFACE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE FORT RIXON-SHANGANI GREENSTONE BELT AND THE NALATALE PLUTON, ZIMBABWE CRATON, AS DERIVED FROM GRAVITY AND AEROMAGNETIC DATA." South African Journal of Geology 116, no. 2 (December 1, 2013): 273–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/gssajg.116.2.273.

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Wu, Chen-Fa, Yu-Pin Lin, and Shin-Hwei Lin. "A hybrid scheme for comparing the effects of bird diversity conservation approaches on landscape patterns and biodiversity in the Shangan sub-watershed in Taiwan." Journal of Environmental Management 92, no. 7 (July 2011): 1809–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.03.001.

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Shirland, Jonathan. "Shangaa: Art of Tanzania QCC Art Gallery, City University of New York (CUNY), February 22–May 19, 2013 Portland Museum of Art, Maine June 8–August 25, 2013." African Arts 48, no. 1 (May 2015): 88–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/afar_r_00203.

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Imperato, Pascal James. "LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND THE ARTS - Gary van Wyk, ed. Shangaa: Art of Tanzania.Bayside, N.Y.: QCC Art Gallery, City University of New York and the Portland Museum of Art, 2013. 341 pp.Color and black-and-white photographs. Maps. List of institutional and private lenders. References. Indexes. $75.00. Cloth. - Barbara Gianinazzi and Paolo Maiullari, eds. Sogo: Maschere e Marionette Bamana.Milano: Edizioni Gabriele Mazzotta, 2012. 147pp. Color and black-and-white photographs. Maps. €25.50. Paper." African Studies Review 56, no. 3 (November 20, 2013): 248–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.93.

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Risenga, P. R., A. Botha, and J. E. Tjallinks. "Shangaan patients and traditional healers management strategies of hypertension in Limpopo Province." Curationis 30, no. 1 (September 28, 2007). http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v30i1.1056.

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The study explored the cultural care beliefs, values and attitudes of Shangaans patients’ and traditional healers’ management strategies of hypertension in the Limpopo Province. The study aimed to describe the cultural values, beliefs and practices including taboos, rituals and religion within the world-view of the Shangaans. The study was undertaken in the Mopani region of the Greater Giyani area, with the purpose of recommending improvements to patient care in this area.

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Risenga, P. R., A. Botha, and J. E. Tjallinks. "Shangaan patients and traditional healers management strategies of hypertension in Limpopo Province." Curationis 30, no. 2 (September 28, 2007). http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v30i2.1065.

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The study explored the cultural care beliefs, values and attitudes of Shangaans patients’ and traditional healers’ management strategies of hypertension in the Limpopo Province. The study aimed to describe the cultural values, beliefs and practices including taboos, rituals and religion within the world-view of the Shangaans. The study was undertaken in the Mopani region of the Greater Giyani area, with the purpose of recommending improvements to patient care in this area.

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Chasi, Colin, and Ntsako Lowane. "CONSIDERING UBUNTU FOR SATIRICAL (ONLINE) COMMUNICATION: COMMENTS REGARDING JESUS IS A SHANGAAN." Communitas 21, no. 1 (November 22, 2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.18820/24150525/.

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Mabaso, P. "Lexicographical practice and lexicological research: the case of Shangani in Zimbabwe." Lexikos 17, no. 1 (February 22, 2010). http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/lex.v17i1.51541.

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Mabaso, Peniah. "Lexicographical Practice and Lexicological Research: The Case of Shangani in Zimbabwe." Lexikos 17 (October 20, 2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.5788/17-0-1175.

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Babane, M. T. "Cross-border Language Harmonization: A Case of Xitsonga (South Africa) and Shangani (Zimbabwe)." JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY 06, no. 03 (October 8, 2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.31901/24566764.2015/06.03.15.

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Sibanda, T., D. Mtetwa, and A. Zobolo. "Mathematical Ideas In Some Cooperative Work Activities Of The Shangani People Of Southern Zimbabwe." Indilinga: African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems 6, no. 1 (May 15, 2008). http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/indilinga.v6i1.26416.

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Mugwisi, Tinashe. "Communicating Agricultural Information for Development: The Role of the Media in Zimbabwe." Libri 65, no. 4 (January 1, 2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/libri-2015-0094.

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AbstractThe success of agricultural development programmes in developing countries largely depends on the nature and extent of the use of mass media in the mobilisation of people for development. The media, which offers unique opportunities to disseminate information, can play an important role in informing citizens about social, academic, and economic issues, amongst others. This is also true in the agricultural sector. Radio for example, is an inexpensive medium, and therefore enjoys a wide range of diffusion, even among rural and less literate people who have access to fewer information resources. The purpose of this study was to investigate how the print and electronic media sources are contributing to the communication of information relating to agricultural development in Zimbabwe. A questionnaire was distributed to all media houses in Zimbabwe. The results indicate that there is a significant coverage, by the media, of issues relating to agriculture and the agriculture industry. The broadcast media in particular, make efforts to reach out to a range of audiences who speak minority languages such as Kalanga, Venda, Sotho, Doma, Yao, and Shangaan. However, the media face challenges, including a lack of subject specialists, language barriers, constraints on financial and material resources, and poor road infrastructure that inhibits travelling. This study recommends training, short courses on agriculture reporting, and courses that provide information on the available resources to improve the quality of news and information regarding agriculture-related issues reaching mainly rural audiences of farmers in Zimbabwe.

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Chikunda, C., E. Marambire, and R. Makoni. "The impact of Khomba - a shangaan cultural rite of passage - on the formal schooling of girls and on women's space in the Chikombedzi area in Zimbabwe." Indilinga: African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems 5, no. 2 (March 16, 2007). http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/indilinga.v5i2.26407.

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Mathebula, Mandla D., and Sekgothe Mokgoatšana. "The ‘polyonymous identity’ of the Hlengwe people of Zimbabwe and their struggle for a ‘collective proper name’." HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies 76, no. 4 (November 30, 2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i4.6192.

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The Hlengwe people of Zimbabwe constitute one of the four sections of the Hlengwe subgroup of the Tsonga – an ethnic group found in four Southern African countries that include Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Swaziland. Before the 18th century, these sections constituted a single group that was resident in the Nyaka kingdom, south of Maputo, amongst the Southern Rhonga people. Here, they were known by the names ‘Hlengwe’ and ‘Tsonga/Rhonga’. Before then, they were known by names such as ‘Makomati’ and ‘Tonga/Thonga’. After years of internal and external pressures, the Hlengwe people migrated to the north and eventually settled as four separate sections in the three countries. Are the Hlengwe a distinct ethnic group or part of the Tsonga or Shangaan, or they embrace all these identities? This article investigates the ‘collective proper name’ of the Hlengwe people of Zimbabwe from their current ‘polyonymous identity’. The article further explores the complexity of identity formation and the politics of tribalisation, giving rise to assumed identities and sometimes ascribed and coerced identities in order to fulfil demands of power structures that name and label identities, resulting in exonyms used largely as appellation from above or outside. Although the study was heavily reliant on the available literature and archives, it also follows the oral historical methodology that privileges oral tradition and its associated subgenres of conversations and narratives. Most of the data were collected during the main researcher’s exploit of Zimbabwe, Mozambique and eSwatini whilst documenting the migration of the va ka Valoyi people.Contribution: This article contributes to complex debate of defining and locatin the Hlengwe as group within the post-colonial identities largely shaped by colonial boundaries. Should the be defined as a distinct group, or polysemously as a group with an amorphous identification.

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Campbell, Sandy. "The Swazi People by R. Van der Wiel." Deakin Review of Children's Literature 3, no. 3 (January 23, 2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.20361/g2qp5z.

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Van der Wiel, Renée. The Swazi People. Gallo Manor, South Africa: Awareness Publishing Group, 2012. Print.South Africa describes itself as “one rainbow nation going forward”, but within that rainbow there are eleven indigenous South African peoples. The Swazi People is one of eleven volumes in the African Cultures of South Africa series, which presents the cultures for readers at the upper elementary level. The other volumes include the cultures of The Khoikhoi, The Ndebele, The North Sotho, The San, The South Sotho, The Tsonga-Shangaan, The Tswana, The Venda, The Xhosa, and The Zulu.In The Swazi People, Renée Van der Wiel describes their arts and crafts, beliefs, clothes, history, houses, language, leaders, marriage, music and dance, recipes, and way of life. The book incorporates many Swazi words, which are listed in the glossary at the back of the book. For example, mahiya (cotton cloth), gogo (grandmother) and lobola (marriage gift, usually cattle) are all listed in the glossary.This volume is attractively produced and brightly coloured. It opens with a full-page map of South Africa that shows the historical movements of the Swazi people and highlights their homelands. Text and images are presented on alternate pages. The professional quality images are usually full-page and are either historical black and white photos or modern colour photos of Swazi people engaged in traditional activities. There is also an index, which improves the book's usefulness as an elementary research text.The text is written in age-appropriate language and deals with the subjects in sufficient detail that as an adult, I was able to learn from it. In general, the tone is objective and non-judgemental. For example, "[i]n 1973, King Sobhuzall and the Imbokoduo National Movement stopped all other political parties from taking part in elections in Swaziland. (…) After only five years of being a democracy, Swaziland became a country ruled by a king." Where there is bias present, it is more in the form of presenting the Swazi point of view: "But the Boers did not care about looking after the Swazi people – all they wanted was to get through to the sea without having to travel through British territory.".This sturdily bound volume is an excellent work and is highly recommended for public and elementary school libraries. Highly recommended: 4 stars out of 4Reviewer: Sandy CampbellSandy is a Health Sciences Librarian at the University of Alberta, who has written hundreds of book reviews across many disciplines. Sandy thinks that sharing books with children is one of the greatest gifts anyone can give.

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