To understand the politics of initiation ceremonies, this article discusses bojale, a traditional rite of passage among the Bakgatla-baga-Kgafela people of Botswana, through which a girl enters bosadi (womanhood).

2022年9月30日 · Bojale was an initiation school from where girls were officially instated into womanhood. It was conducted, often in the wilderness, over a period of two months during which teenage girls were taught about their culture, their role in society, as well as how to contribute to their society as adults.

2014年5月23日 · To understand the politics of initiation ceremonies, this article discusses bojale, a traditional rite of passage among the Bakgatla-baga-Kgafela people of Botswana, through which a girl enters...

2012年7月26日 · The Bakgatla tribe in Mochudi is one of the few tribes in Botswana that still treasures their culture and practises bojale and bogwera. Mmegi correspondent LERATO MALEKE, who also went to...

Female initiation (bojale) will not be considered here, though its study is merited and long overdue. Many of the female age-set and age grade systems in eastern Africa entailed excision, but bojale did not.

To understand the politics of initiation ceremonies, this article discusses bojale, a traditional rite of passage among the Bakgatla-baga-Kgafela people of Botswana, through which a girl enters bosadi (womanhood).

2005年1月1日 · The schools of Bogwera and Bojale were central to the cultural life of the Batswana, especially as a stage in the development of young people. Gender analysis of the practices of Bogwera and Bojale, however, shows that the process resulted in gender constructions that had a long lasting impact in the lives of both men and women.

2019年4月3日 · To understand the politics of initiation ceremonies, this article discusses bojale, a traditional rite of passage among the Bakgatla-baga-Kgafela people of Botswana, through which a girl enters...

2010年8月22日 · The Bojale commences with the young women, who have spent the previous weeks learning lessons about what it means to be a woman in the community and the previous night preparing down by the river, entering the Kgotla (village meeting area) around 0800. Here, the entire community, along with a few Anglo guests, await their arrival.

2014年7月12日 · This paper discusses the three phases of the lifecycle of the bojale drum: its custodianship by the queen of Bakgatla-baga-Kgafela; the drum's use in bojale (girls’ initiation ceremony); and its presence in Phuthadikobo Museum, a community institution.