Trying for better circumstances (Zama Zama) : exploring ubuntu amongst marginalised women in an informal settlement
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Kruidenier, Carina Maretha (Retha)
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AOSIS OpenJournals
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This article explores possible experiences of ubuntu in the Zama Zama informal settlement.
Postfoundational practical theology and the narrative approach function as paradigm and
methodology. Themes and/or discourses like poverty, violence, xenophobia and the role of
the local church were identified, but ubuntu is not always visible as a lived reality amongst
the members of the community. The church is an exception. Women play a leading role in the
congregation and it is in the church where ubuntu values are visible and experienced.
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Ubuntu, Informal settlements, Church, Women, Zama Zama
Sustainable Development Goals
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Kruidenier, R., 2015, 'Trying for better circumstances (Zama Zama): Exploring ubuntu amongst marginalised women in an informal settlement', Verbum et Ecclesia 36(2), Art. #1433, 7 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/ve.v36i2.1433.