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The intergenerational conversation amongst Xhosa women in Centane about contraception use over the past 50 years
To understand the culture, intergenerational beliefs, and attitudes towards contraception use among Xhosa women in Centane. This study is based on fifteen in-depth interviews with Xhosa women from Centane who identify themselves as amaGcaleka, a sub-tribe from the main tribe amaXhosa. This study use...
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| author | Mabandla, Athini |
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| description | To understand the culture, intergenerational beliefs, and attitudes towards contraception use among Xhosa women in Centane. This study is based on fifteen in-depth interviews with Xhosa women from Centane who identify themselves as amaGcaleka, a sub-tribe from the main tribe amaXhosa. This study used autoethnography which explores a culture's relational practices, common values, beliefs, and shared experiences to help the insiders (cultural members) and outsiders (cultural strangers) gain a deeper understanding of the culture. Thematic analyses provided two key themes: (1) AmaGcaleka culture and (2) Women's contraception. In this study I found that in Centane there is a lack of information about contraceptive use, and that the amaGcaleka women had their own traditional forms of contraception that they used before the modern contraceptives. The lack of access to contraception and cultural beliefs had an influence on the lack of conversation between the intergeneration's of mothers and daughters. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/42358 The intergenerational conversation amongst Xhosa women in Centane about contraception use over the past 50 years Mabandla, Athini Mkhize, Zamambo Xhosa women' Women's contraceptives AmaGcaleka culture Auto-ethnography To understand the culture, intergenerational beliefs, and attitudes towards contraception use among Xhosa women in Centane. This study is based on fifteen in-depth interviews with Xhosa women from Centane who identify themselves as amaGcaleka, a sub-tribe from the main tribe amaXhosa. This study used autoethnography which explores a culture's relational practices, common values, beliefs, and shared experiences to help the insiders (cultural members) and outsiders (cultural strangers) gain a deeper understanding of the culture. Thematic analyses provided two key themes: (1) AmaGcaleka culture and (2) Women's contraception. In this study I found that in Centane there is a lack of information about contraceptive use, and that the amaGcaleka women had their own traditional forms of contraception that they used before the modern contraceptives. The lack of access to contraception and cultural beliefs had an influence on the lack of conversation between the intergeneration's of mothers and daughters. 2025-11-26T13:29:34Z 2025-11-26T13:29:34Z 2025 2025-11-26T13:26:14Z Thesis / Dissertation Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42358 en eng application/pdf African Studies Faculty of Humanities |
| spellingShingle | Xhosa women' Women's contraceptives AmaGcaleka culture Auto-ethnography Mabandla, Athini The intergenerational conversation amongst Xhosa women in Centane about contraception use over the past 50 years |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | The intergenerational conversation amongst Xhosa women in Centane about contraception use over the past 50 years |
| title_full | The intergenerational conversation amongst Xhosa women in Centane about contraception use over the past 50 years |
| title_fullStr | The intergenerational conversation amongst Xhosa women in Centane about contraception use over the past 50 years |
| title_full_unstemmed | The intergenerational conversation amongst Xhosa women in Centane about contraception use over the past 50 years |
| title_short | The intergenerational conversation amongst Xhosa women in Centane about contraception use over the past 50 years |
| title_sort | intergenerational conversation amongst xhosa women in centane about contraception use over the past 50 years |
| topic | Xhosa women' Women's contraceptives AmaGcaleka culture Auto-ethnography |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42358 |
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