In an intriguing article titled “Horticulture: the Font for the Baptism of Genetics” by Robert C. Olby (2000) suggests that the establishment of genetics as an experimental science should be credited to the Evolution Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). William Bateson was a member of this committee and he was the stimulus for the adoption of Mendelism as a science and for the ac...

This article seeks to explore the Komba traditional rites practised by the VaRemba people of the Shona-Karanga ethnic group in Zimbabwe. The “Komba rite” is intended to move a mature girl (mhandra) from the state of girlhood to that of womanhood. It is also meant to initiate vashenji (uncircumcised non-VaRemba) women who marry VaRemba men into their female traditions and customs. While Christia...