Tropes of Assimilation in Ndabaningi Sithole
2023; Volume: 41; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.29086/2519-5476/2023/sp41a21
ISSN2519-5476
Autores Tópico(s)Geological and Geophysical Studies
ResumoFor many decades, polygamy as a deeply ingrained social phenomenon in much of Africa, has gained the attention of writers in several genres.Among the authors who have foregrounded it have been indigenous African literary artists and Christian clergymen as well as foreign missionaries.The Zimbabwean Methodist minister and African nationalist Ndabaningi Sithole focused on this theme in his novel The Polygamist, which was written while he was incarcerated during the rule of Ian Smith.The critical treatment of polygamy, especially among the country's Ndebele, is considered in terms of Sithole's Christianity and his attitudes towards cultural assimilation and modernisation.Comparisons with the views expressed by the Swedish missionary Gunnar Helander in his book of 1948, Must We Introduce Monogamy?are also drawn.
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