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According to Mitchell[1], though he recorded no actual
instances,
Additional reading:
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Bulala, Annie F., "Litiwo, the §
Butawo, Thokozani O.S., "Rites of Passage -
Puberty Rites - Boys' Initiation - Jando among the §
Chatha, Ivy, "Tsimba, a Girl Initiation
Ceremony among the Yao of Nsusa village, T.A. Kapeni, § Jakalasi, L. Walter, "Jando: A Yao Initiation Rite as Practised in Tradi tional Authority Maganga in Salima District", research paper, Chancel lor College, Zomba, 1988, 12pp. Discusses the role of jando initiation rites among the Yao, with particular reference to their role in preparing boys to be responsible fathers in future. §
Kachinga, Rose, "Activities Carried out before,
during and after the Nsondo Initiation among the Yao", research paper,
Chancellor College, Zomba, 1988, 15pp. An outline and analysis of § Kataika, Raymond, "Initiation among Yao Boys: Implications for Catholic Yao", Diploma in Theology dissertation, University of Malawi, 1994, 21pp. Discusses the procedures and social function of initiation among the Yao and considers its bearing on Catholic pastoral practice. §
Kishindo, Monica F., "Changes in Initiation
Ceremonies among the §
Kubik, Gerhard, " §
Kubik, Gerhard, "Boys' §
Matupa, Lawson, "Jando Ritual among the Yao of
Kanache Village, T.A. Malemia in Zomba District", research paper, §
Mpando, D.B.K., "The Jando Initiation Rite
among the § Msiska, Augustine W.C., "Towards a Cultural History of Malawi: the Case of Colonialism and Yao Initiation Rights in Southern Malawi, 1891-1961", MA, University of Malawi, 1992, 179pp. Examines the interaction of Yao society with British colonial rule and notes ways in which political and economic changes influenced culture, as evidenced in beliefs, rituals, music and dance, arts and drama, language and religious beliefs. MAL DT 3192 .Y36 MSI §
Phiri, A. Thomas, "Initiation Rites among the
Yao of Manjombe Village in Chiradzulu", research paper, §
Sungani, Linley, "Chiputu or Simba - Initiation
for Young Girls", research paper, §
Abigail Stamm, §
Forster, Peter G. (2001) AIDS in
Janssen, D. F., Growing Up Sexually. Volume I. World Reference Atlas. 0.2 ed. 2004. Berlin: Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology Last revised: Sept 2004 |
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[1] Mitchell, J. C., Marriage among the
Machinga Yao of
[2] Mair, L. (1951) A Yao girl’s initiation, Man 51(98):60-3
[3] Stannus, H. S. & Davey, J. B. (1913) The initiation ceremony for boys among the Yao of Nyasaland, J Royal Anthropol Instit Great Britain & Ireland 43:119-23
[4] Ngwane, H. D. (1959) Some aspects of marriage in peri-urban villages: Blanyre-Limbe, Rhodes-Livingstone Instit Commun 17:23-33
[5] Msiska, Au. (1995) The spread of Islam in Malawi and its impact on Yao rites of passage, 1870-1960, Soc Malawi J 48,1:49-86