The intergenerational conversation amongst Xhosa women in Centane about contraception use over the past 50 years

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dc.contributor.advisorMkhize, Zamambo
dc.contributor.authorMabandla, Athini
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-26T13:29:34Z
dc.date.available2025-11-26T13:29:34Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.date.updated2025-11-26T13:26:14Z
dc.description.abstractTo 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.
dc.identifier.apacitationMabandla, A. (2025). <i>The intergenerational conversation amongst Xhosa women in Centane about contraception use over the past 50 years</i>. (). ,Faculty of Humanities ,African Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42358en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMabandla, Athini. <i>"The intergenerational conversation amongst Xhosa women in Centane about contraception use over the past 50 years."</i> ., ,Faculty of Humanities ,African Studies, 2025. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42358en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMabandla, A. 2025. The intergenerational conversation amongst Xhosa women in Centane about contraception use over the past 50 years. . ,Faculty of Humanities ,African Studies. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42358en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mabandla, Athini AB - 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. DA - 2025 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Xhosa women' KW - Women's contraceptives KW - AmaGcaleka culture KW - Auto-ethnography LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2025 T1 - The intergenerational conversation amongst Xhosa women in Centane about contraception use over the past 50 years TI - The intergenerational conversation amongst Xhosa women in Centane about contraception use over the past 50 years UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42358 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/42358
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMabandla A. The intergenerational conversation amongst Xhosa women in Centane about contraception use over the past 50 years. []. ,Faculty of Humanities ,African Studies, 2025 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42358en_ZA
dc.language.isoen
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentAfrican Studies
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.subjectXhosa women'
dc.subjectWomen's contraceptives
dc.subjectAmaGcaleka culture
dc.subjectAuto-ethnography
dc.titleThe intergenerational conversation amongst Xhosa women in Centane about contraception use over the past 50 years
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMSc
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