O'Brien, Sean (1985) God and the Story of the Zulu. Masters thesis, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
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Abstract
I am a member of the Jesuit order in the Roman Catholic church and I hope to work as a missionary among the Zulu . The amaZulu are a Nguni people who live mainly in the province of Natal in the Republic of South Africa. They are a typically patrilineal and patriarchal people. " Zulu society is a community of the survivors and the shades [ancestors]. There is no existence of the survivors separated from that of the shades, nor a realm of the shades separate from the living. The two are closely and very intimately tied together in kinship bonds which make the individuals and shades of a lineage interdependent on each other. In the past Zulu economy was agriculturally based. There was a strict division of labour - women looked after grain and cereals which, along with milk from the cattle tended by the men, were the staple of the Zulu diet. Cattle were the means of storable wealth. However , because of exhausted land and over crowding, most rural Zulu communities are sub-subsistence, depending on wages earned in the industrial centres. In these areas the population invariable consists of women and 'children as men need to find work which usually entails living away from home for long periods. Zulu society can be described as one damaged by the pressures of the socio-political situation. It is with such people that I hope to work. My interest is therefore a practical one; I believe that a study such as this might help me in my missionary work .
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Additional Information: | On the Nature of Truth [ 'People do not follow the same direction like water' Zulu saying] Those who claim the monopoly of truth Blinded by their own discoveries of power, Curb the thrust of their own fierce vision. For there is not one eye over the universe But a seething nest of rays ever dividing and ever linking. The multiple creations do not invite disorder, Nor are the many languages the enemies of humankind. But the little tyrant must mould things into one body To control them and give them his single vision. Yet those who are truly great On whom time has bequested the gift of wisdom Know all truth must be born of seeing And all the various dances of humankind are beautiful They are enriched by the great songs of our planet. Mazisi Kunene. |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DT Africa |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | JHI Africa |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Jun 2015 14:03 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Jun 2015 14:03 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/182 |
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