Earlier researchers on African culture have portrayed traditional African women as "second class citizens" who had no right to be heard or listened to in society. This book endeavours to correct the misrepresented image of gender relations in Shona traditional culture and how male-female relations have been affected by the onset of colonialism, Islam, Christianity and codified customary law. It endeavours to show that pre-colonial African women did not see themselves as an under privileged class which had to fight with men in order to seek social equality because they enjoyed more...

This book is an examination of Shona culture and its various aspects in the Zimbabwean novel in indigenous languages. It discusses Nobert Mutasa's portrayal of Shona culture of the 18th century. It focuses on his portrayal of Shona institutions like marriage, kurova guva, kugara nhaka and chieftainship among others. It examines the fundamental principles that governed the Shona pre-colonial society that could help us in the development of Zimbabwe today. The present researcher maintains that Mutasa's portrayal of the 18th century Shona social institutions has much relevance to the present...