Description
Book SynopsisFour retired South African nurses have written this collection of stories and articles. They include settings of growing up in a township in pre-democratic South Africa; and a peaceful valley where one of the authors grew up. Interwoven in the stories are cultural practices such as a Khosa boy's circumcision ceremony; ukwemula - the girls' twenty-first ceremony; and the process of eight stages in a traditional Zulu wedding ceremony.
Table of ContentsHIV/Aids counselling; alcoholism; know your frame of mind; the song of parental love; as tough as a woman; the pre-democratic life in a township; the beautiful valley where I grew up; on her majesty's coronation; wounded spirit; good neighbours; the misfortune of Tsepo; the thief; men and mourning; do I know my African culture, norms and values?; you are now a man, my son; ukwemula; the process of a Zulu marriage.
