Negotiated Feminism? A Study of Married Bemba Women Appropriating the Imbusa Pre-Marital ‘Curriculum’ at Home and Workplace By MUTALE MULENGA KAUNDA 211523936 Submitted in Fulfilment of the Academic Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in the Subject of GENDER AND RELIGION at the SCHOOL OF RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY AND CLASSICS IN THE COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU- NATAL (Pietermaritzburg Campus) SUPERVISOR PROF. SAROJINI NADAR PIETERMARITZBURG December 2016 0 | Page DECLARATION In agreement with the University principles, I hereby state explicitly that this work has not been submitted at any other University or any other institution of higher learning other than the University of KwaZulu-Natal (Pietermaritzburg Campus), and that unless specifically indicated to the contrary within the text; it is my own original work. ------------------------------------------------------- MUTALE MULENGA KAUNDA December 2016 As the candidate’s supervisor, I hereby approve this thesis for submission ------------------------------------------------------- PROF. SAROJINI NADAR December 2016 i | Page CERTIFICATION Language Editing Certification Dr Karen Buckenham PO Box 46 Bisley 3203
[email protected] 19 November 2016 Re: Confirmation of Language Editing To Whom It May Concern This letter is to confirm that Mutale Kaunda’s PhD thesis, Negotiated Feminism? A Study of Married Bemba Women Appropriating the Imbusa Pre-Marital ‘Curriculum’ at Home and Workplace, was edited by Karen Buckenham. Cordially Dr Karen Buckenham ii | Page Dr Quraisha Dawood (PhD)
[email protected] Write This is to confirm that this dissertation entitled: Negotiated Feminism? A Study of Married Bemba Women Appropriating the Imbusa Pre-Marital ‘Curriculum’ at Home and Workplace By: Well MUTALE MULENGA KAUNDA Has been edited by: Dr Quraisha Dawood (PhD, Director of Write Well) 17 March 2017 iii | Page ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The journey to the completion of this PhD was quite challenging and lonely especially toward the end when I faced a number of uncertainties regarding its completion.