Traditional systems of male education among Pedi and Cognate tribes

Part III

Bibliographic Data

ID2138199
AuthorsG M Pitje (University of Fort Hare, corresponding author)
Year1950
Volume9
Issue4
Pages194-201
Publication date1950-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfrican Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-0184 • E-ISSN: 1469-2872
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00020185008706816
OpenAlexW4236069485
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited4

SYNOPSIS The following Paper contains a brief description of the education of a Pedi boy from infancy to adolescence. The object of the Paper is to show the different agencies at work in the moulding of the individual's life, through formal and informal training. The Introduction supplies the background against which this education must be studied. Although there is nothing new in the Paper as such, it is a first serious attempt to systematize and give a coherent and comprehensive evolutionary study of the Pedi boy, culminating in the formal education given in the traditional initiation schools. These schools are the be‐all and end‐all of Pedi life. Attendance at them confers upon the individual the status of a man, and extends to him the tribal franchise, with its powers, duties, privileges and responsibilities. Non‐attendance at these schools means that the individual is for ever to remain a “boy” — a despised person who may not be admitted into the tribal councils and may not marry. Upon the death of the latter, all efforts are made to forget his name; a name that immediately becomes taboo in that family. The Paper further briefly states the values emphasized in Pedi society, as well as the methods and techniques used for impressing them upon the Pedi boy. Lastly, it focusses attention on the different attitudes adopted towards the schools and their products

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