Talk:Motsoalle

Latest comment: 6 years ago by Mohahlaula in topic Factual accuracy disputed

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Additional references I could not access can be found in these sources: Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:02, 22 June 2016 (UTC)Reply


resisting heteronormativity resisting recolonisation: affective bonds between indigenous women in southern Africa and the difference(s) of postcolonial feminist history by William J. Spurlin in Feminist Review No 95
“Friend and Lover”: The Erotics of Female Friendship in Christiansë's Unconfessed and Ntshingila's Shameless by Kaelyn Kaoma in Research in African Literatures Vol 47 No 2
Culture and Women's Sexualities by Evelyn Blackwood. DOI: 10.1111/0022-4537.00162
Affective Bonds between Women in Lesotho: Retheorizing Gender, Sexuality, and Lesbian Existence by William Spurlin in Imperialism Within the Margins

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Slight discrepancy...

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At the beginning: "Motsoalle relationships have, over time, begun to disappear in Lesotho." Then at the end, "Today, motsoalle relationships have largely disappeared." So which is it? <> Alt lys er svunnet hen (talk) 21:00, 26 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Factual accuracy disputed

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Hi there; there are several factual problems with the article. First is the definition/translation of motsoalle given; it's wrong. The correct English equivalent of the Sesotho word "motsoalle" is "friend". It's that simple. What's been given as the definition in the article would be equivalent to best friend in English. The definition given in the article can be misleading to non-native speakers of Sesotho, given that the word itself is gender-neutral and has no connotations of romance or sexuality whatsoever. In fact, strictly speaking, motsoalle would, in English, translate to (platonic) friend. The rest of the article seems to be hinged upon one main source/reference, with additional sources being from presumably non-native speakers of Sesotho. I'm not disputing the existence of such relationships in the past — however, supplying more distinct references to corroborate the "widespread" existence of such relationships back then would shed more light on the matter, I think. —Mohahlaula (talk) 10:27, 11 March 2018 (UTC)Reply