Recognizing Poverty Rules: Addressing the Causes and Patterns of Absolute Poverty among the Makua-Metto People

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Alan Howell, Harding UniversityFollow

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Article

Publication Title

Missio Dei: A Journal of Missional Theology and Praxis

Publication Date

8-2015

Volume

6

Issue

2

Abstract

Drawing on qualitative interviews with the Makua-Metto people of Mozambique, the author develops a curriculum addressing the topic of poverty. The contextualized approach considers poverty as a system and makes use of local solutions. The article includes a diagram illustrating the causes of poverty and two series of narratives linked by the metaphor of games to demonstrate Makua-Metto behavioral norms of people in poverty and those living free from its deepest effects.

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Howell, A. (2015). Recognizing Poverty Rules: Addressing the Causes and Patterns of Absolute Poverty among the Makua-Metto People. Missio Dei: A Journal of Missional Theology and Praxis, 6 (2). Retrieved from https://scholarworks.harding.edu/bible-facpub/11