Browsing Faculty of Arts by Subject "Ritual"

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  • Around a Fire: Poems of Memory and Ritual 

    Mpuma, Nondwe (University of the Western Cape, 2019)
    This Creative Writing mini-thesis offers a deep meditation on what it means to speak to ritual and memory. The thesis is compiled from a collection of original creative work as well as a short reflective essay that present ...

  • Visualizing the body: Photographic clues and the cultural fluidity of Mbopo institution, 1914-2014 

    Udo, Nsima Stanislaus (University of the Western Cape, 2018)
    The mbopo institution, popularly known as the “fattening room” is a cultural rite of passage for young virgins, who are being prepared for marriage among the Ibibio/Efik people of southern Nigeria. It is a complex cultural ...