28 Mar. 2025,
15:15-17:00
In this presentation, Devaka Premawardhana draws upon fieldwork among a Makhuwa-speaking people in northern Mozambique. He argues that, in some cases, rites of passage may be better understood as rites of return. This is especially true in matrilineal societies, like that of the Makhuwa, where women are so central and so honored—where boys learn to become men in matricentric ways.
