Negotiating marital challenges through classic wedding songs: a case of the Ndebele in Zimbabwe

IF 0.4 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS South African Journal of African Languages Pub Date : 2022-09-02 DOI:10.1080/02572117.2022.2132692
Lickel Ndebele
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In African cultures, the Ndebele included, a strong society is one that is made up of healthy and robust family relationships, with the family institution serving as a foundation for the survival and continuity of society. However, the frequency of divorce nowadays suggests that the foundations of marriages are not as strong as they ought to be. Thus, this article seeks to examine how traditional Ndebele society has always sought to help couples to prevent or to manage marital challenges that could destabilise marital bonds and trigger marital failure. The article also attempts to find out if there are lessons that could help with marital distress and failure, single parenthood and many more issues on the increase in the embattled marriage institution. This examination is mainly done through a philosophical analysis of traditional wedding songs. Wedding songs are structured cultural expressions that reflect society’s marriage values and its efforts in the promotion of marital stability and success. The article adopts the theory of Africana womanism. The theory is critical here because of its commitment towards the stability of the family. The data was collected in Tsholotsho District in Zimbabwe from 2016 to 2019 through interviews, group discussions and participant observation.
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通过经典的婚礼歌曲协商婚姻挑战:以津巴布韦恩德贝莱为例
在包括恩德贝勒人在内的非洲文化中,一个强大的社会是由健康和牢固的家庭关系组成的,家庭制度是社会生存和延续的基础。然而,如今离婚的频率表明,婚姻的基础并没有达到应有的程度。因此,本文试图探讨传统的恩德贝勒社会是如何帮助夫妻预防或管理可能破坏婚姻纽带并引发婚姻失败的婚姻挑战的。这篇文章还试图找出是否有教训可以帮助解决婚姻困境和失败、单亲以及更多关于陷入困境的婚姻制度增加的问题。本研究主要通过对传统婚礼歌曲的哲学分析来完成。婚礼歌曲是结构化的文化表达,反映了社会的婚姻价值观及其在促进婚姻稳定和成功方面所做的努力。本文采用了非洲女性主义理论。这一理论在这里至关重要,因为它致力于家庭的稳定。数据是2016年至2019年在津巴布韦Tsholotsho区通过访谈、小组讨论和参与者观察收集的。
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期刊介绍: The South African Journal of African Languages is a peer-reviewed research journal devoted to the advancement of African (Bantu) and Khoi-San languages and literatures. Papers, book reviews and polemic contributions of a scientific nature in any of the core areas of linguistics, both theoretical (e.g. syntax, phonology, semantics) and applied (e.g. sociolinguistic topics, language teaching, language policy), and literature, based on original research in the context of the African languages, are welcome. The journal is the official mouthpiece of the African Language Association of Southern Africa (ALASA), established in 1979.
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