Virtually all African societies have developed transitional rites
to assist the processes of growing up, by which girls and boys are
taught what they need to become acceptable adults in their
cultures. This book comprises the record and interpretation of one
such set of initiation rites for women which was developed in
matrilineal southern Malawi as a grassroots initiation, set
alongside the teachings, songs and drama produced in traditional
form in a Baptist Church. The book supposes that it is the first
full written record of all the teaching songs and drama produced as
part of the rites in the context in which they were presented. It
has been published to document this tradition, and to safeguard and
preserve a valuable tool for future societies. More widely, it
invites readers to understand how such a rite, traditional and
Christian at the same time, has taken up the challenge to
strengthen women against the new threats of HIV/AIDS.
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