African Motherhood and Bosadi (Womanhood) among Pentecostals and Evangelicals: A Mohlakeng Perspective since the 1980s

Victor M.S Molobi; Abraham Modisa Mkhondo  Mzondi

doi:10.25159/2412-4265/10844

Authors

Victor M.S Molobi University of South Africa
Abraham Modisa Mkhondo Mzondi South African Theological Seminary

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/10844

Keywords:

African initiated, African motherhood, Bosadi (womanhood), economy, religion, pastors, bomamosebeletsi

Abstract

This article looks at some lived experiences of five African women in Mohlakeng township, situated in the West Rand District Municipality of Gauteng, South Africa, between 1980 and 2018. Four are Pentecostal pastors and one is an Evangelical pastor. Their biggest challenge was to demonstrate that they were equally capable as their male counterparts in leading a local church and functioning as pastors. These women displayed aspects of African motherhood and Bosadi (womanhood) as three functioned as pastors and two functioned in other non-leadership roles alongside their male counterparts. The article applies a combination of participatory observation and literature review as a research method.

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Author Biography

Abraham Modisa Mkhondo Mzondi, South African Theological Seminary

Dr AM Mzondi is a lecturer at the South African Theological Seminary (SATS)

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