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These experiential details are certainly preserved in Misse's birth name, and Muhlavasse's view of life in her vukatini will be remembered as long as there are women named Vavulayena in Misse's family to pass it on.
Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique 2005
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"Misse," she replied, "this made me 'fraid let you see it; I' fraid you would be angry: I hope she have bigger heart next time, only she forget now that Jesus promise to pay her all she give Sarah.
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Misse Wester-Herber has a PhD in psychology from Örebro university, Sweden.
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Indeed, recounting this story appeared to serve a similar purpose for Misse herself, her empathetic and emotionally charged recital of the circumstances surrounding her birth name offering both relief from the burden of troubling memories and a thread of connection, through remembering her past, with us.
Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique 2005
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Women from more remote parts of Magude district (e.g. Mapulanguene, Phadjane) who were born before 1930 mostly chose girlhood names such as Teasse, Cufassane, Unasse, and Nukwassane; women born (or, as in Lili's case, renamed) in these areas after 1930 tended to opt for xilungu names, either Portuguese-derived names such as Madelena or Angelina, or English-derived names such as Lili, Jane or Misse (from Miss).
Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique 2005
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Note 87: Interviews with Misse Xivuri, 4 October 1995 and 20 November 1995, Matendeni (Magude town).
Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique 2005
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Note 24: Interview with Misse Xivuri, 29 February 1996, Matendeni (Magude town).
Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique 2005
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Misse Xivuri, for instance, was given the name "Vavulayena" "they say her" at birth, because the name-giver believed she was blamed for everything that went wrong in her husband's homestead:
Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique 2005
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Yet the "diary" - like details of this story were not what Misse most wanted to communicate in our interview.
Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique 2005
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This week we lost an amazing member of our community Miss Misse
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