“Chilima” and the Remaking of Chokwe Identity: An Exploratory Interdisciplinary Study on Globalization, Material Traditions and Gendered Cosmo-Polity Felix U. Kaputu Dissertation Submitted for the Joint Degree of Doctor in: Interdisciplinary Studies (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Faculty of Science and Bio- Engeneering Sciences) Comparative Science of Cultures (Universiteit Gent, the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, African Languages and Cultures) Supervisors: Professor Jan Broekaert, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Professor Koenraad Stroeken, Universiteit Gent Professor Sandro Sozzo, Vrije Universiteit Brussel April 2017