The African traditional religious landscape: An examination of the role of traditional leaders in the fight against HIV and AIDS in Chipinge, Zimbabwe
This study examines the role of traditional leaders, as custodians of culture, in the fight against infection with the HI virus and the AIDS pandemic in the Chipinge District of Zimbabwe. The research aims to assess traditional leaders’ knowledge of HIV and AIDS and its causes. It also examines some...
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2014
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Verbum et ecclesia
Year: 2014, Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-8 |
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Shona culture
B kuputsa B traditional leaders B African Traditional Religion B HIV B AIDS B traditional practices B Chipinge district B barika |
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