POLI 324 Chapter Notes -Sexual Abstinence, Idi Amin, Zulu Kingdom
Document Summary
The resurrection of the warrior tradition in african political culture: Some scholars identify early armed challenges by africans against colonial rule as the origins of modern nationalism in african countries. Africa, who really carry the mantle of the original primary resisters. A theme which is common in african cultures is the link between the concept of the warrior and that of adulthood/manhood. It was always a man who fought for their society on the battlefield. In some societies warriors were granted sexual privileges. There could also be a link between violence and sexuality. The story of shaka emerges as profoundly symbolic. Sexual celibacy provides an important link between shaka and the mau mau movement in kenya in the 1950s, where the kikuyu formed an armed resistance against the. European settlers: the connection between martial and sexual symbolism remains a major aspect of the various oaths of allegiance demanded from the mau mau, sexual abstinence was demanded among some groups.
