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The Re-conceptualization of Shona and Venda Taboos: Towards An Afrocentric Discourse

The Journal of Pan African studies, 2015-07, Vol.8 (2), p.261-275 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2015 Journal of Pan African Studies ;Copyright Itibari Zulu Jul 2015 ;ISSN: 0888-6601 ;EISSN: 1942-6569

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  • Title:
    The Re-conceptualization of Shona and Venda Taboos: Towards An Afrocentric Discourse
  • Author: Makaudze, Godwin ; Shoko, Prosper
  • Subjects: African languages ; African literature ; Afrocentrism ; Analysis ; Bantu languages ; Chinweizu ; Colonialism ; Concept formation ; Cultural heritage ; Culture ; Minority & ethnic groups ; Native literature ; Shona (African people) ; Social aspects ; Society ; Taboo ; Taboos ; Theory
  • Is Part Of: The Journal of Pan African studies, 2015-07, Vol.8 (2), p.261-275
  • Description: Colonialist thinking relegates most indigenous oral art forms as primitive and highly superstitious. Further, it adores Western ways of understanding reality, which are usually believed to be scientific and beyond reproach. However, the relegation of African oral literature and worldview to the backyard cripples not only the creativity of the indigenous people, but also robs them of a very subtle and effective way of understanding and dealing with reality. Such indigenous literature and knowledge remain vital, especially in vindicating the nobility and authenticity of African thinking and practice. Drawing examples from Shona and Venda taboos, and using Afrocentricity literary theory, this paper's conviction is that a re-examination into this rich cultural heritage via taboos is a good way to help African people re-define life in their own way, absent of an often puzzling and confused life in accordance with alien modern cultural directives. Keywords: colonialist, taboos, Afrocentricity, worldview, heritage, Shona, Venda.
  • Publisher: Los Angeles: Itibari Zulu
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0888-6601
    EISSN: 1942-6569
  • Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
    ProQuest Central
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