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Journal articles on the topic "Shona proverbs"

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Mamvura, Zvinashe, and Shumirai Nyota. "The Form and Communicative Impact of Shona Postproverbials." Matatu 51, no. 2 (September 21, 2020): 282–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18757421-05102005.

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Abstract This article explores the syntax-semantics nexus of Shona postproverbials in the contemporary Zimbabwean society. In terms of syntax, Shona postproverbials are aligned to the following types of sentences found in the Shona language; substantival, verbal, and a combination of both. Like traditional proverbs, there is no postproverbial that takes the form of the ideophonic sentence. The communicative power of postproverbials is an inherent, inbuilt, and internal property stemming from their syntactic and lexical properties. The postproverbial forms, studied in this article, exhibit innovation and ingenuity of the users. The communicative force of the postproverbials arises from the correspondence and cross-correspondence of the structures and grammatical items that constitute them. Congruence and contrast of the lexical items found in the postproverbials also contribute to meanings. The study established that, just like the traditional proverbs, postproverbials are pithy and terse philosophical statements that resonate with a people’s collective experience. In most cases, the postproverbials provide a conduit for people to comment on issues regarded as politically ‘taboo’ and sensitive in a society where the state does not tolerate open criticism.

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Masowa, Angeline, and Zvinashe Mamvura. "African philosophy of development as expressed in Shona proverbs." AFRREV IJAH: An International Journal of Arts and Humanities 6, no. 2 (June 5, 2017): 28. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ijah.v6i2.3.

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Mangena, Tendai, and Sambulo Ndlovu. "Reflections on how Selected Shona and Ndebele Proverbs Highlight a Worldview that Promotes a Respect and/or a Violation of Children’s Rights." International Journal of Children’s Rights 22, no. 3 (October 27, 2014): 660–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15718182-02203003.

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This paper sets out to demonstrate that though the un Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) is the most widely accepted Human Rights Convention and Zimbabwe is one of the 193 states acceding to the treaty, there are still challenges in the promotion of children’s rights. Irrespective of the fact that human rights discourse is believed to be a modern concept and its universal application is contested, this paper also demonstrates that children’s rights have always been moral imperatives for both the Shona and Ndebele of Zimbabwe since time immemorial, as shown in their proverbs. Nevertheless, it is also imperative there were some beliefs that, if considered in the modern sense of the human rights paradigm, promoted the violation of some children’s rights. The following discussion shows that children’s autonomy is not culturally a Shona or Ndebele concept, and is often not realized in these cultures even if Zimbabwe adheres to the Convention of the Child’s Rights that stipulates that the child be viewed and treated as an autonomous being. In both Shona and Ndebele traditional cultures, as expressed in their proverbs, parents have an obligation to offer protection to their children. This paper also demonstrates the cultural ambivalence in two specific aspects of child care: the beating up of children as a discipline factor and the raising up of orphans.

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WASOSA, WELLINGTON, and EVANS MANDOVA. "The Role of Proverbs in the Shona Judicial System with Special Reference to Nhango Dzokusuma Nyaya Padare." Matatu 41, no. 1 (2013): 369–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789401209151_023.

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MANDOVA, EVANS. "The Shona Proverb as an Expression of." Matatu 41, no. 1 (2013): 357–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789401209151_022.

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Degener, Almuth. "Family relationships in proverbs from Northern Pakistan." Proverbium 39 (July 10, 2022): 1–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.29162/pv.39.1.56.

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Proverbs from Pakistan are one of the lesser-noted areas of paremiology. The article examines proverbs in five orally transmitted languages from northern Pakistan for statements about relationships and values within the family. Many clichés are confirmed: women are subordinate, and untrustworthy, children are wished for, but hard to raise, mothers are good, and stepmothers evil, the honour of the family must be protected. However, there are remarkably few proverbs about the stupidity of women and their talkativity. And the values depicted in the proverbs, despite cultural and geographical closeness, are not uniform. The emphasis on honour and family cohesion is much stronger in the Shina proverbs than in the proverbs of the other communities.

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Nhemachena, Artwell. "Hakuna Mhou Inokumira Mhuru Isiri Yayo: Examining the Interface between the African Body and 21st Century Emergent Disruptive Technologies." Journal of Black Studies 52, no. 8 (June 15, 2021): 864–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00219347211026012.

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Colonially depicted as a region distinctive for fables and fabrications, Africa has ever since not been allowed to reclaim anything original. Dispossessed of their original wealth, Africans have been forced to live in fabled and fabricated houses, eating fabled, and fabricated food—closer to animals. Similarly, dispossessed of their original human identities, Africans have been forced to adopt fabricated identities. With the 21st century not promising any return to original African human identities, Africans are set to be further nanotechnologically (using tiny nanoparticles) fabricated into cyborgs that speak to ongoing posthumanist and transhumanist experiments with emergent disruptive technologies. Inhabiting not only fabricated houses but also increasingly inhabiting nanotechnologically fabled and fabricated bodies, Africans should learn to, in terms of the Shona (a people of Zimbabwe) proverb, hakuna mhou inokumira mhuru isiri yayo (no cow lows for a calf that is not its own), repossess original mastery over their own lives.

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Bronner, Shaw. "Here’s To Our Community." Medical Problems of Performing Artists 35, no. 4 (December 1, 2020): 233–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.21091/mppa.2020.4034.

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Memorialized in former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s children’s book entitled It Takes a Village, “it takes a village to raise a child” is an African proverb that means an entire community of people must interact with children for those children to experience and grow in a safe and healthy environment. The need of the artist to create is undeniable and their villages continue to support them. During these dark days of the COVID-10 pandemic, performing and fine artists have been denied their traditional communication with their public as theaters and museums closed down throughout the world. For those of us who live in New York City where the worst of Covid-19 hit last spring, it was no Broadway shows, no spring, summer or fall dance seasons, no summer festivals, no dance classes. Yet almost immediately, artists’ resourcefulness shone as they continued to create, teach, and perform their art in new ways.

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Makaudze, Godwin. "Children and Childhood in Shona Proverbs." Southern African Journal for Folklore Studies 30, no. 1 (March 15, 2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/1016-8427/7486.

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Childhood is not a neatly definable concept as it differs among cultures. Among the Shona, a child and childhood are defined in terms of age, marital status, behaviour and also relations to other members in society. The Shona, like other ethnic groups, have a plethora of ways through which their worldview is fashioned and conveyed, and these include songs, folktales, riddles and proverbs, among others. In this article, Shona proverbs are analysed in terms of how they present Shona people’s perception and conceptualisation of childhood. Afrocentricity is used to analyse the content of proverbs selected from the anthologies Tsumo Chimbo neMadimikira (Zvarevashe 1984) and Tsumo-Shumo (Hamutyinei and Planger 1987). Among its findings, the article observes that Shona childhood falls into two main categories: early childhood and mid-cum-adult childhood. Children are perceived as an integral component of any Shona marriage, and society is ambivalent regarding who is more important between the boy and girl child. Also, early childhood is perceived as a very precarious and critical stage that can either make or break a child, thus warranting responsible shepherding from parents and society. Child behaviour is also believed to be largely modelled after that of parents and so it is important that parents behave responsibly so as to positively influence their children. It also emerges that it is quite common for children to disappoint their parents, but that should not lead the parents into despair. While all stages show that childhood is considered a position laden with responsibilities, which should be carried out for the good of all, the mid-cum-adult childhood stage is viewed as one where one should start moving towards or even exercise total independence and self-reliance. Overall, it emerges that the Shona people’s perception and conceptualisation of children and childhood have a lot of positives that can be drawn from for the good of today’s humanity.

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Makaudze, Godwin. "The Shona Proverbs Portrayal of the Institution of African Traditional Leadership." Alternation Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of the Arts and Humanities in Southern Africa SP38C (December 1, 2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.29086/2519-5476/2021/sp38c17.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Shona proverbs"

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Nyika, Hillary. "The Use of Proverbs to Inculate and Reinforce Shona and Israelite Values." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.499868.

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Gwaravanda, Ephraim Taurai. "A critical analysis of the contribution of selected Shona proverbs to Applied Philosophy." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/20980.

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The research focuses on the epistemic tension between Western positivist epistemology and African indigenous knowledge systems particularly Shona proverbs. The research argues that Western epistemological hegemony is both unjustified and unacceptable in the context of the pluriversal understanding of knowledge where systems of knowledge are both multiple and diverse. After a critique of Eurocentric thinking, the research defends an African epistemological paradigm that emerges as an alternative framework for the authentic and legitimate study of African knowledge systems and ways of knowing. The approach opens intellectual space for the philosophical study of Shona proverbs. Under Shona environmental philosophy, it shall be argued that ubuntu respects all aspects of the environment, recognizes the dependence of human beings on the environment, sees the land as sacred and affords responsibility for future generations by encouraging the preservation and conservation of resources. Three Shona proverbs have been used to show how the Shona think about preservation of natural resources, conservation of natural resources and the interdependence between humanity and the natural world. In the context of Shona philosophy of law, it is argued that ubuntu provides the basis of a coherent philosophy of law among the Shona. Shona philosophy of law is a reflection of legal elements and the study draws these elements from selected proverbs. These proverbs have been used to show the metaphysical basis of Shona legal philosophy, the role of the law in protecting the dignity of individuals and the importance of the law in peace building within the community. Concerning political philosophy, the study has argued that ubuntu is the political foundation of solidarity, oneness and mutual support in politics. Shona political philosophy stresses coexistence and relatedness (ukama) within the community. Shona political philosophy maintains that authority should be guided by respect, good governance, solidarity and peace. Under Shona philosophy of economics, themes of human dignity, respect for hard work and the need for moderation in the desire for money are discussed in the context of the Shona philosophical worldview. The proverbs under study contribute to alternative ways of philosophical reflection in the context of the pluriversality of knowledge
Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology
D.Litt et Phil. (Philosophy)

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Sapiencia, Chisadza. "The place and role of women as depicted in proverbs among the Karanga culture of Zaka district in Zimbabwe." Diss., 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26528.

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This study investigates the place of the Shona-Karanga women as reflected in Shona proverbs concerning women. Reviewed literature covers the world, African and Zimbabwean perspectives on women. It discusses and examines changes in the role and status of Shona –Karanga women in the pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial periods. The study examines men’s attitude towards women, women’s attitude towards themselves and women’s responsibilities in Shona-Karanga communities in relation to Shona proverbs. Proverbial statements discussed were from participants and other sources. Government’s effort in improving the women’s status was examined. The study uses mixed research methods of data generation and presentation. Research findings show that women lost their glory during the colonial period but the blame is levelled against Karanga culture which actually holds women with high esteem. The study established that most participants were ignorant of proverbs concerning women. The research was an eye opener to women about the tremendous potential they have
African Languages
M.A. (African languages)

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Ndoga, Sampson S. "The contemporary significance of home based nurturing with reference to wisdom poems in the Book of Proverbs and Shona traditional culture." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/569.

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There is presumed dialogue between the book of Proverbs and Shona wisdom poems in dealing with the subject of home based nurturing towards societal stability. The underlying principle in both approaches, it seems, is that preparation for life begins in the home. Its negligence could account for societal breakdown. This study seeks to explore, on the one hand, the contemporary validity of home based nurturing as observed in these traditional settings, and on the other, to investigate whether this dialogue yields a methodological approach of using Africa to interpret the Old Testament. The assumption we are taking in this study is that societal stability begins in the home. A socio-rhetorical reading of Proverbs 1-9 seems to reveal that these texts were written from the perspective of a parent-teacher, with years of experience and attained wisdom, which creates a forum to pass on this knowledge to a child-student. The common approach in both traditional settings is that the speaker employs wisdom poems, (memorable compositions) and local sayings (observed phenomena) to illustrate or illumine a given everyday reality as the prescriptive solution for becoming successful in life. Thus, wisdom poems, both biblical and Shona, are almost consistently used to communicate truth and lessons for life. For that reason, the reading of the book of Proverbs and that of Shona wisdom poems demands a novel hermeneutical approach.
Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
D. Litt. et Phil. (Biblical Studies)

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Books on the topic "Shona proverbs"

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Chikuhwa, Jacob W. Shona proverbs and parables. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2007.

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(Firm), Apitami. Shona proverbs and idioms: Tsumo nemadimikira. Harare: Apitami, 2014.

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Chitsidzo, I. Shona: Proverbs and idioms = Tsumo nemadimikira. Harare: Apitami, 2015.

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Gwaravanda, Ephraim Taurai. Epistemological implications of selected Shona proverbs. Cape Town, South Africa: Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society, 2008.

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Hamutyinei, M. A. Tsumo-shumo: Shona proverbial lore and wisdom. 2nd ed. Gweru, Zimbabwe: Mambo Press, 1987.

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Jacob, W. Chikuhwa. Shona Proverbs and Parables. AuthorHouse, 2007.

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Zviera zva Vashona. Gweru, Zimbabwe: Mambo Press, 2000.

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Tsime retsumo, madimikira netuzvirevo: Bhuku rinopa hwaro mutsvagurudzo dzetsumo, madimikira netuzvirevo. Harare, Zimbabwe: College Press, 2012.

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Shona Proverbs. Palm Oil With Which African Words Are Eaten. Booklove Publishers, 2012.

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Book chapters on the topic "Shona proverbs"

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Ndoga, Sampson S. "Childhood in the book Proverbs and in Shona proverbs." In Theologies of Childhood and the Children of Africa, 113–31. AOSIS, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/aosis.2016.tcca02.04.

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Tatira, Liveson. "Shona Proverbs and the Concept of Development." In Religion and Development in Southern and Central Africa: Vol 1, 233–44. Mzuni Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvx0785f.17.

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Tatira, Liveson. "The Shona proverbs as a resource for reconciliation." In National Healing, Integration and Reconciliation in Zimbabwe, 110–19. Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429327049-9.

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Gwaravanda, Ephraim Taurai. "Ubuntu and African Disability Education." In Advances in Religious and Cultural Studies, 1–14. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4867-7.ch001.

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In this chapter, the researcher seeks to challenge the view that Western cultures are the ‘givers' and the ‘teachers' of disability education while African cultures are the ‘takers' and the ‘taught'. Firstly, the researcher argues that the displacement of African knowledge systems by colonialist hegemony has to be refuted to prepare the foundation of African disability education. Secondly, the study draws lessons from an African culture, particularly the Shona culture, by using selected proverbs to show how disabled persons are respected in communities, how they are given freedom for innovation, and how they are encouraged to participate in daily activities. Thirdly, the research provides responses to standard objections that are raised against the use of proverbs in drawing out philosophical arguments. Lastly, the researcher argues that disability ethical teachings that are enshrined in Shona cultural thought have the potential for global application.

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Reports on the topic "Shona proverbs"

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Niemeyer, Larry. Proverbs : tools for world view studies : an exploratory comparison of the Bemba of Zambia and the Shona of Zimbabwe. Portland State University Library, January 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/etd.886.

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