Bøker av Musa W. Dube

The book takes us to women-centred events in Gaborone, the capital city of Botswana. Data was collected from the conversations and events women hold with and for one another on the occasions of bridal, Naomi/Laban, and baby showers. Defining Ubuntu/Botho as the belief that our humanity is only measured by our capacity to welcome, respect and empower the other, this research-based book analyses how women practise Ubuntu/Botho in the urban spaces where the community easily disintegrates to individualism, isolation and poverty. It seeks to explore how Ubuntu/Botho intersects with gender and navigates its space around patriarchy, marriage, motherhood, family and community. It explores rituals and connections between women of different generations such as mothers and daughters, daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law, children and mothers, and their struggles to uphold Ubuntu/Botho in their families, communities and workspaces in the face of patriarchy, urbanisation, capitalism and neo-liberalism. The book employs and generates a multitude of methods and theories to highlight women mothering and delivering Ubuntu/Botho in the urban space communities.

Examining the HIV/AIDS crisis in light of biblical teachings, this title argues for a theological presence alongside contemporary economic, social, and political efforts to quell this disease. It is useful for those seeking ways to integrate their religious beliefs with their efforts to alleviate the suffering caused by the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Written by scholars of Hispanic, African, Jewish, Chinese, Korean and African-American origin, these essays connect postcolonialism and John's Gospel, exploring its use in settler communities of the United States and Canada, and the colonization of Africa, Asia, Latin America and New Zealand.