FROM CHINAMWALI TO CHILANGIZO:

4. CHEWA TRADITIONAL FEMALE INITIATION RITES: CHINAMWALI 40
4.1 INTRODUCTION 40
4.2 THE CHEWA PUBERTY RITES 40
4.3 MKANGALI: THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CHEWA INITIATION RITES .43
4.4 THE CEREMONY 49
4.5 A SUMMARY OF THE TEACHING 64
4.6 INTERPRETATION AND MEANING OF CHINAMWALI 67
4.7 CONCLUSION 72
5. CHILANGIZO: A CHRISTIAN RESPONSE TO CHINAMWALl 73
6.
5.1 INTRODUCTION 73
5.2 EARLIER MISSIONARIES' (DRC) RESPONSES TO INITIATION RITES 73
5.3 NEED FOR CHILANGIZO EXPRESSED IN THE BAPTIST CHURCHES 76
5.4 BAPTIST RESPONSE TO INITIATION RITES 78
5.5 BUKHU LA ALANGIZI(THE INSTRUCTRESS' BOOKLET) 80
5.6 A SUMMARY OF THE TEACHINGS ON PUBERTy 81
5.7 CONCLUSION 82
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6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
6.6
6.7
6.8
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CHILANGIZO AT THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL: PUBERTY RITE 84
INTRODUCTION 84
CHILANGIZO CEREMONY AT CHIMENYA BAPTIST CHURCH 85
CHILANGIZO CEREMONY AT MPHINDO BAPTIST CHURCH 89
CHILANGIZO CEREMONY AT MTENDERE BAPTIST CHURCH 93
A SUMMARY OF THE TEACHING CONTENT AND MEANING 97
IS 'THE BOOK' AN ADEQUATE RESPONSE? 98
DOES THE REALITY MATCH THE 'THEORY?' 102
WHAT IS THE PRACTITIONERS' PERCEPTION OF CHILANGIZO? 106
CONCLUSION 109
7. CONCLUSION: TOWARDS A CHRISTIAN CHINAMWALI....•..••.••.••.••..........•................... 111
7.1 INTRODUCTION 111
7.2 RE-INTERPRETING CHINAMWALI 111
7.3 THE WAY FORWARD FOR CHINAMWALIAND A PROPOSED LITURGY 121
7.4 A CHRISTIAN CHINAMWALI 124
7.5 CONCLUSION 136
ENDNOTES ...•....••.•.......•..................•.........•.....·········.......••.......•.•......•....•.•.........137
SOURCES CONSULTED 146
GLOSSARY OF CHEWA WORDS 154
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