Autoridade tradicional e resolução de conflitos sociais

Abstract

This study analyses the role of traditional authority regarding social conflict resolution in Kongolote, Matola city. One of the ways for social conflicts resolution in this neighborhood is based on traditional power run by traditional authority. Thus, the problem was to analyze the social perceptions of the importance of the role of traditional authority in this process and the social function of the traditional mechanisms of conflict resolution. The working hypothesis is that the authority seeks to preserve the traditional cultural norms and values, ensuring its transmission to new generations as a way to ensure its continuity, and traditional mechanisms for the resolution of social work as a means by which cultural practices are preserved. The study was based primarily on qualitative methods. Thus, we focus on data collection interviews open, semi-structured and life history. The show consisted of 32 participants among whom a regulus, regulus of four employees and 27 community members. In conclusion, the data show that traditional authority plays a vital role in community life because, understands the significance of each material and spiritual act to have been socialized, and may play roles based on tradition in an exercise of moral education of individuals with the aim of preserve the norms and values that sustains the community culture.