Lobola survives in independent Zimbabwe but shifted from kin-bonding to commerce
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
Category: Factual Claims
- XREF: An example of practice surviving institutional change but with transformed meaning, paralleling similar cultural-economic shifts elsewhere.