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University of South Africa

1. Kayuni, Hachintu Joseph. Investigating the prevalence of Satanism in Zambia with particular reference to the Kabwe district .

Degree: 2013, University of South Africa

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/11978

► This study examined the alleged prevalence of Satanism in Zambia, with a particular reference to the Kabwe District during the period 2010-2013. The overall objective… (more)

▼ This study examined the alleged prevalence of Satanism in Zambia, with a particular reference to the Kabwe District during the period 2010-2013. The overall objective was to ascertain the claims and speculations on the alleged prevalence of Satanism in the district of Kabwe. The claims about the alleged prevalence of Satanism and the satanic scare were found by this study to be a reality in Kabwe, with eighty-eight per cent (88%) of the respondents acknowledging the alleged prevalence of the phenomenon. People’s knowledge of Satanism was mainly through rumours, messages from Churches and the electronic media. Studies on rumours (by Stephen Ellis, Gerrie Ter Haar and Jeffrey Victor) have shown that rumours can be investigated in the search for facts, especially rumours that offer plausible explanations for people’s shared anxieties. The above mentioned scholars argue that with efforts at corroboration, such as by interviewing key informants, the researcher can seek credibility on prevailing rumours by verifying or dismissing mere rumours from true stories. The assertions from scholars above justified the use of rumours as a methodological tool in this study. From sources of information the study relied on, claims about the alleged prevalence of Satanism in the district were investigated. The study refuted the satanic claims in a number of cases that were analysed, because they were mostly based on ‘pious legends’ hence lacked objective evidence. From the few incidents that suggested the prevalence of Satanism, there were still two basic problems faced in assessing their credibility: the first being the difficulty in determining the reliability of the confessions from informants who in this case either claimed they were ex-Satanists or served on behalf of Satanists. The second problem consisted in what seemed to be the inconsistency in the explanations of motives behind human killings found in the ritual murders. Some explanations did not suggest satanic motives. One example of refuted claims concerned the two locations within Kabwe district which were highly rumoured to be sites for Satanists, which were found by this study to be Freemasonry Lodges, contrary to what was rumoured.From the findings of this study, it was believed that people joined Satanism either because of the greedy for riches or to avoid poverty. It was also believed that other peoples joined Satanism unconsciously through luring methods used by Satanists. The study also found the satanic scare to have effects on the lives of people in the district. For example, it caused some people to become more committed Christians in their defence against the alleged satanic forces. Because people had associated riches to Satanism, certain individuals avoided getting rich for fear of being labelled ‘Satanists’. Advisors/Committee Members: Lubbe, G. J. A (advisor), Cheyeka, A. M (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: Black magic; Church of Satan; Demonology; Devil worship; Economic despondency; Kabwe District; Lenje People; Modern Satanism; Occult religion; Ritual murder; Rumours; Satanic Bible; Satanic scare; Satanism; Serial killer; Zambia

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APA (6^th Edition):

Kayuni, H. J. (2013). Investigating the prevalence of Satanism in Zambia with particular reference to the Kabwe district . (Doctoral Dissertation). University of South Africa. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10500/11978

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Kayuni, Hachintu Joseph. “Investigating the prevalence of Satanism in Zambia with particular reference to the Kabwe district .” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, University of South Africa. Accessed March 05, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/11978.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Kayuni, Hachintu Joseph. “Investigating the prevalence of Satanism in Zambia with particular reference to the Kabwe district .” 2013. Web. 05 Mar 2021.

Vancouver:

Kayuni HJ. Investigating the prevalence of Satanism in Zambia with particular reference to the Kabwe district . [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of South Africa; 2013. [cited 2021 Mar 05]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/11978.

Council of Science Editors:

Kayuni HJ. Investigating the prevalence of Satanism in Zambia with particular reference to the Kabwe district . [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of South Africa; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/11978

University of South Africa

2. Nyabadza, George Wangirayi. The lived experience of the strategic leader: what effective CEOS do, how they do it and an exploration into how they think about it .

Degree: 2009, University of South Africa

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1343

► The purpose of this research was to study the lived experience of being a strategic leader, described as the black box of leadership, and to… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: ethnography; chief executive officer; lived experience; strategic leadership; strategic leader; complete observation; pure leadership spider-web model; metaphors; personal leadership philosophy; black box of leadership; meta-states; meta-programs; leadership development; qualitative methodology; subjective experience; kinesthetic; ethnomethodology; magic language box; neuro linguistic programming

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Nyabadza, G. W. (2009). The lived experience of the strategic leader: what effective CEOS do, how they do it and an exploration into how they think about it . (Doctoral Dissertation). University of South Africa. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1343

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Nyabadza, George Wangirayi. “The lived experience of the strategic leader: what effective CEOS do, how they do it and an exploration into how they think about it .” 2009. Doctoral Dissertation, University of South Africa. Accessed March 05, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1343.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Nyabadza, George Wangirayi. “The lived experience of the strategic leader: what effective CEOS do, how they do it and an exploration into how they think about it .” 2009. Web. 05 Mar 2021.

Vancouver:

Nyabadza GW. The lived experience of the strategic leader: what effective CEOS do, how they do it and an exploration into how they think about it . [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of South Africa; 2009. [cited 2021 Mar 05]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1343.

Council of Science Editors:

Nyabadza GW. The lived experience of the strategic leader: what effective CEOS do, how they do it and an exploration into how they think about it . [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of South Africa; 2009. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1343

University of Oklahoma

3. Thompson, Valerie. Sistas in Crisis: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Inquiry into the Lives of Black Women Student Affairs Practitioners within Historically White Institutions.

Degree: PhD, 2020, University of Oklahoma

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11244/324393

► Black women practitioners who work at Historically White Institutions occupy institutional spaces that were not created to support how they exist and thrive as Black… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Black Women; Student Affairs Practitioners; Intersectional Burnout and Stress; Strong Black Woman; Black Girl Magic

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Thompson, V. (2020). Sistas in Crisis: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Inquiry into the Lives of Black Women Student Affairs Practitioners within Historically White Institutions. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Oklahoma. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11244/324393

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Thompson, Valerie. “Sistas in Crisis: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Inquiry into the Lives of Black Women Student Affairs Practitioners within Historically White Institutions.” 2020. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Oklahoma. Accessed March 05, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11244/324393.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Thompson, Valerie. “Sistas in Crisis: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Inquiry into the Lives of Black Women Student Affairs Practitioners within Historically White Institutions.” 2020. Web. 05 Mar 2021.

Vancouver:

Thompson V. Sistas in Crisis: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Inquiry into the Lives of Black Women Student Affairs Practitioners within Historically White Institutions. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Oklahoma; 2020. [cited 2021 Mar 05]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11244/324393.

Council of Science Editors:

Thompson V. Sistas in Crisis: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Inquiry into the Lives of Black Women Student Affairs Practitioners within Historically White Institutions. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Oklahoma; 2020. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11244/324393

University of Toronto

4. Varley, Emma E.A. Belaboured Lives: An Ethnography of Muslim Women's Pregnancy and Childbirth Practices in Pakistan's Northern Areas.

Degree: 2012, University of Toronto

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/43374

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My doctoral thesis, “Belaboured Lives,” examines the relationship between Sunni Muslim women’s reproductive and maternal health practices, Islamic conservatism, federal and non-governmental health programming, intense… (more)

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My doctoral thesis, “Belaboured Lives,” examines the relationship between Sunni Muslim women’s reproductive and maternal health practices, Islamic conservatism, federal and non-governmental health programming, intense Shia-Sunni conflict, interpersonal enmity and ‘occult’ forces in Gilgit Town, economic and administrative capital of Pakistan’s semi-autonomous, federally neglected and multi-sectarian Northern Areas. Over 14 months between 2004 and 2005, my doctoral ethnographic fieldwork involved research interviews and participant-observation among Sunni women and Gilgit Town’s biomedical, traditional and Islamic therapeutic service providers, as well as in household, community, mosque and clinical-settings. With Gilgit District’s maternal morbidity and mortality rate (MMR) being among the highest in Pakistan, my thesis argues that Gilgiti Sunni women’s reproductive and maternal health outcomes were the product of restrictive, inter-linked or mutually interacting structural and ideological forces, which were socio-economic, political, familial and religious in nature. By providing an ethnography not only of women’s home-centered health practices but also their in-clinic experiences, I address the wide array of physical, symbolic and cosmological threats women perceived as being interwoven with their fertility, pregnancy and childbirth-related health. To different degrees and in different ways, women, their families and health providers described how the socio-spatial constraints associated with Islamic pardah (veiling, gender seclusion) and izzat (honour) paradigms, conflict-related service exclusions, iatrogenic risk and hospital funding insufficiencies, ‘black magic’ and spirit ‘attacks’ were contributory factors to women’s poor health outcomes. But my participants’ reproductive health was not only the arena for wellness-seeking and crisis resolution, but also for the enactment and expression of cultural values and sectarian identity; the tension between doctrinal Islam and local interpretations, modern/traditional divides; Sunni militarism, symbolic and structural violence. Moreover, Gilgiti Sunni women’s reproductive and maternal health narratives demonstrated subjectivity, inter-subjectivity and reflexivity, resistance and negotiation, and gendered and reproductive agency. Within this context, any one pregnancy could evidence and communicate multiple domains of experience, as well as patient-provider interaction, access to care, its quality and relation to socio-economic factors, ideological stance or community-bound interpersonal relations. Ultimately, by using pregnancy and childbirth as a central point of inquiry, my thesis examines different aspects of Gilgiti Sunni women’s health experiences: biomedical and traditional; urban and rural childbirth and post-partum practices; Family Planning, fertility and infertility, unwanted pregnancies and abortions; conflict-related constraints, medical malpractice and cosmological harm.

PhD

Advisors/Committee Members: Lambek, Dr Michael J., Anthropology.

Subjects/Keywords: Islam; women; reproductive health; pregnancy; childbirth; health practices; medical pluralism; biomedicine; Islamic medicine; sectarian conflict; non-governmental organization; federal health services; maternal morbidity and mortality (MMR); son preference; abortion; Family Planning; unwanted pregnancy; ultrasound; religious conservatism; Shia Islam; Sunni Islam; Ismaili Islam; ethnography; violence; occult forces; 'black magic'; infertility; polygyny; medical anthropology; qualitative; risk; 0339

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APA (6^th Edition):

Varley, E. E. A. (2012). Belaboured Lives: An Ethnography of Muslim Women's Pregnancy and Childbirth Practices in Pakistan's Northern Areas. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Toronto. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1807/43374

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Varley, Emma E A. “Belaboured Lives: An Ethnography of Muslim Women's Pregnancy and Childbirth Practices in Pakistan's Northern Areas.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Toronto. Accessed March 05, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/43374.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Varley, Emma E A. “Belaboured Lives: An Ethnography of Muslim Women's Pregnancy and Childbirth Practices in Pakistan's Northern Areas.” 2012. Web. 05 Mar 2021.

Vancouver:

Varley EEA. Belaboured Lives: An Ethnography of Muslim Women's Pregnancy and Childbirth Practices in Pakistan's Northern Areas. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Toronto; 2012. [cited 2021 Mar 05]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/43374.

Council of Science Editors:

Varley EEA. Belaboured Lives: An Ethnography of Muslim Women's Pregnancy and Childbirth Practices in Pakistan's Northern Areas. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Toronto; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/43374

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