LTF ANALYSIS

WHAT IS MANHOOD? THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF TRADITIONAL
CIRCUMCISION IN THE XHOSA
INITIATION RITUAL by Andile P. Mhlahlo
Thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of
Philosophy in Community and Development at The University of Stellenbosch
Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Supervisor: Prof. C.S. van der Waal
March 2009

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DECLARATION

By submitting this thesis electronically, I declare that the entirety of the work contained therein is my own, original work, that I am the owner of the copyright thereof (unless to the extent explicitly otherwise stated) and that I have not previously in its entirety or in part submitted it for obtaining any qualification.

Date: 3 March 2009

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OPSOMMING
Die doel van hierdie tesis is om te poog om die begrip manhood te verstaan in die konteks van Xhosapratende mense; en om waarom te ondersoek dit betekenisvol vir hulle is om tradisionele besnydenis in die man te gebruik inwyding rituaal.

In die konteks van die navorsing probleem, die doelwit is om te verstaan: ek i) Hoekom tradisionele besnydenis belangrik is in die uitvoer van hierdie ritual, ii) mense se gelowe omtrent die begrip manhood, iii) hoe die inwyding rituaal in die huidige dag, iv) ingeoefen word die geskil en debatteer om die inwyding rituaal in die Oosterse Kaap, en v) die rol van die regering se beleide in die reguleer van hierdie plegtigheid. In terme van navorsing ontwerp en metodiek, het ek kwalitatiewe navorsing gebruik. Die monsterneming metode insluit kloostersuster-waarskynlikheid monsterneming-dat is oorgemerk of oordelee monsterneming. In die navorsing proses het ek indiwiduele onderhoude fokus gebruik groep onderhoude deelnemer waarneming, en enige letterkunde wat ter sake vir dit was studeer. Die navorsing is aangevoer in
Mchubakazi Stadsgebied in Butterworth

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