Lobola persists but shifted from relational token to commercial exchange.

Evidence

The payment of lobola continued through the colonial period and is, ironically, still practiced today in independent Zimbabwe. It has, however, become more negatively represented by the increases in commercial value as opposed to primordial views where the practice was seen as a simple token to cement relations in marriage between in-law families. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 979

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Relevant to the bride-price/marriage exchange themes and cross-cultural reading on gender and economy.
• DEFINE: Clarifies the contested meaning of lobola as token of appreciation versus commercial exchange.