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Dedication A Tshivenda idiom warns that when one prospers in life, one should not trample on those that supported one: Nyavhumbwa wa dagaila, wa kanda vho u vhumbaho. This book is dedicated to the late Professor Nkhumeleni Victor Ralushai, a tireless mentor to whom I will forever be indebted. Professor Ralushai often pricked my conscience by reminding me that I was more of a sell-out by not writing about our (African) culture than those authors often criticised for having misrepresented it. Sadly he passed away in October 2011, before the publishing of this work. May this book symbolise his intellectual achievement even in death, a testimony of life sacrificed in pursuit of a scholarship devoted to the development of his people. ...

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