Death and the sociocultural dimensions of forced relocations: experiences from the Tugwi-Mukosi displacement in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe

dc.contributor.authorBasure, H.S.
dc.contributor.authorNhodo, L.
dc.contributor.authorDube, C.
dc.contributor.authorKanyemba, R.
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-05T12:16:51Z
dc.date.available2022-01-05T12:16:51Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionResearch Articlesen_US
dc.description.abstractThis article is an ethnographic inquiry into the cultural dimensions of forced relocations. It is based on the experiences of four resident anthropologists on the forced displacements at Tugwi-Mukosi in Masvingo province, Zimbabwe. Using the concept of death, we question the idea of belonging and what is regarded as an “honourable” way of exiting this world. These are interwoven in the cultural fabric of most Zimbabwean communities and any phenomenon that severs this tie to home is a cause of discomfort and pain amongst local people. Forced displacements have altered issues of honour associated with death rituals. We use death rituals as a window to understand the sociocultural effects of displacement. Novel ways of dealing with death are witnessed as people struggle with lack of a permanent “home.” The sacredness of cultural dimensions of death has been reconfigured in ways that have left the displaced struggling to find closure in dealing with the dead. Death rituals give us an opportunity to understand the multifaceted effects of displacement. Through death we experience the pain of displacement, understand the chords that bind the displaced communities together and witness the enduring social bonds that structure life beyond the disruptions of displacement.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1080/23323256.2021.1973904
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/37458
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Groupen_US
dc.subjectbelongingen_US
dc.subjectdeath ritualsen_US
dc.subjectforced displacementsen_US
dc.subjecthonour and dishonouren_US
dc.subjectTugwi-Mukosi Damen_US
dc.titleDeath and the sociocultural dimensions of forced relocations: experiences from the Tugwi-Mukosi displacement in Masvingo Province, Zimbabween_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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