NEAR MOUNT ELGON, Uganda (AP) — The dancers shook their hips to the beat of drummers who led the way, anticipating the start of mass circumcision among the Bamasaaba people of Uganda’s mountainous ...
Initiates pose in a field in Qunu, in the Eastern Cape December 14, 2013. Every year, thousands of youths leave their parents to spend weeks in the care of traditional leaders at an initiation school ...
Traditional initiation is a rite of passage into manhood for young males that is practiced by various ethnic groups in Africa ...
Traditional circumcision is practiced in more than one ethnic group in Uganda. This letter is about imbalu circumcision among the Bagisu community. On August 3, 2024, bagisu officially opened imbalu ...
The ritualized circumcision of thousands of boys, known as Imbalu, began Aug. 3 in a remote corner of Uganda and will continue until the end of 2024. NEAR MOUNT ELGON, Uganda — The dancers shook their ...
As circumcision period approaches in the month of August, Bungoma County residents are anxiously waiting to practice traditional male circumcision (the cut) where 2000 initiates are expected to be ...
The Bukusu have made headline news through the interracial marriage story that has refused to go away in a country where there are ‘red lines’ between tribes and races. The Bukusu are likely to ...
More than 100 traditional heads and government leaders gathered at Pietermaritzburg's Royal Show Grounds on Tuesday to discuss reviving the custom of male circumcision to prevent the spread of HIV.
A Marine Corps veteran launched a fundraiser to restore the truck of a fellow Marine who was killed while serving the country 15 years ago. 33 minutes ago ‘It’s about legacy’: Veteran raising funds to ...
At least 41 young men in South Africa are dead as a result of getting their foreskins removed ... and the fatal circumcisions were performed as part of traditional initiation ...
Despite legislation introduced to regulate the process, fatalities continue to be reported every year. South African law ...
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