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Umgalelo and the failure of the church? : a study in voluntary associations in Mbekweni Paarl
Umgalelo are defined as "small-scale informal mutual benefit societies". The name is derived from the Xhosa verb ukugalela, "to pour forth, out, or in". In the old Xhosa- tradition it could be used as ukugatela iinkomo, to pour in cattle in competing for a wife. Two or more contestants for a wife wo...
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Department of Religious Studies
2024
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