AFRICA: TABLE 1

 

IndexAfrica → Table 1

 

Phase- and Gender Specific Sexual Restraint and Other Sexological Measures for the SCCS: Subsaharan Africa(SCCS 1-41)[i]

 

 

 

 

 

 

*[ii]

Sexual Restraint

ASE[iii]

I[iv]

Alternative Codes

SCCS

[v]

[vi]

BE

GE

BL

GL

BA

GA

B

G

[vii]

Sch[viii]

ks[ix]

Trans.[x]

GD[xi]

1*

Nama Hottentot

2

2

3-

3-

3

3

8

5

d5, 3

 

9+

E

2/1

0/0/0

2*

!Kung Bushmen

3+

3+

3+

3+

4

4

2

2

 

3

13+

 

0/2

0/0/0

3*

Thonga

-

-

-

-

3

3

5

5

G2

 

-

C

-/?

-/-/0

4*

Lozi

3-

3-

3-

3-

2

2

6

4

G3

 

11-

 

0/-2

0/0/0

5*

Mbundu

3+

3+

3+

3+

3+

3+

5

5

 

2

13+

 

0/0

0/0/0

6*

Suku

-

-

3-

3-

3

3+

2

2

B4

 

-

 

-/1-2

-/0/1

7*

Bemba

-

-

-

-

2

2

5

5

 

 

-

 

-/?

-/-/0

8*

Nyakyusa

2+

2+

2

3-

3

3

5

5

G3

 

9+

 

(-1)-1/3-1

0/2/0

9*

Hadza/Kindiga

2

2

2

2

2-

2-

8

8

 

 

8

 

0/-1

0/0/0

10*

Luguru

2

2

2

2

2

2

5

5

D2

 

8

 

0/0

0/0/0

11*

Kikuyu

2+

3

3

4-

4

4

5

5

 

 

12

 

2/3-1

2/2/0

12*

Ganda

3-

3-

3-

3-

2

3

5

5

 

1

11-

F

0/(-2)-1

0/0/3

13*

Mbuti

2

2

2

2

2

2

8

8

 

1

8

 

0/0

0/0/0

14*

Nkundo Mongo

2

2

2

2

3-

2

8

8

 

 

8

 

0/2-0

0/0/-2

15*

Banen

2-

2-

2+

2+

3+

4

4

1

 

 

8

 

2/3-5

0/0/2

16*

Tiv

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

 

-

 

-/-

-/-/-

17*

Ibo/Igbo

2

2

2

3

-

4

-

2

 

 

9

 

0-3/3(g)

0/3/?

18*

Fon/Dahomey

2

2

3-

3

4

4

5

5

 

3

10-

 

2-3/4-3

0/1/0

19*

Ashanti/Twi

2

2+

3

3+

3+

4-

2

2

G3

 

11-

AB

3/1

1/1/1

20*

Mende

3

3

3

3

2

4-

5

2

d4,1

 

12

 

0/(-3)-2

0/0/5

21*

Wolof

3

3

3

3+

4

4

2

2

 

 

12+

C

0-1/3-2

0/1/0

22*

Bambara

2

2

3-

3+

2

2

8

8

D1

 

10

 

2-4/(-2)-(-4)

0/2/0

23*

Tallensi

2

2

2+

2+

2

3-

8

8

 

1

11-

 

1/(-1)-1

0/0/2

24

Songhai

2+

2+

3

3+

2

2

8

2

 

 

11

 

2-3/(-3)-(-4)

0/1/0

25*

Pastoral Fulani

1

1

3-

3

2-

2-

8

8

 

 

8-

 

4-5/(-3)-(-2)

0/1/0

26*

Hausa

2

2

2+

3-

4+

4+

4

4

 

 

9

 

1-2/6-5

0/1/0

27

Massa (Masa)

2

2

2

3-

2

2

8

8

 

 

9-

 

0-2/0-(-2)

0/2/0

28*

Azande

2

-

2+

3+

2-

2-

7

7

B?

 

-

 

1-?/(-2)-(-1)

?/3/0

29

Fur (Darfur)

2-

2

2-

2

2-

2-

8

8

 

 

7+

 

0/0-(-1)

1/1/0

30*

Otoro Nuba

2+

2+

3

3

2+

3

4

2

D2

 

11-

 

2/-2-0

0/0/2

31

Shilluk

2

2

2

2

-

-

-

-

 

 

8

 

0/?

0/0/-

32

Mao

2+

3-

2+

3+

-

4-

2

2

 

 

11-

 

0-2/1(g)

1/3/?

33*

Kaffa (Kafa)

2+

3

3

5

4

4

4

4

 

 

13+

 

2-5/3-(-2)

2/5/0

34*

Masai

2

2

2

2

-

-

-

-

B5

 

8

CE

0/?

0/0/-

35

Konso

2+

3

3

3+

3-

3-

6

6

 

 

12-

 

2-1/-1-(-2)

2/1/0

36*

Somali

3

3+

3

4

4

4

1

1

 

 

13+

 

0-2/3-0

1/3/0

37*

Amhara

2

2

3+

4-

2

2

6

1

 

 

11

 

4-5/-4-(-5)

0/1/0

38

Bogo

3

4

3

4

-

4

-

1

 

 

14

 

0/0(g)

3/3/?

39*

Kenuzi Nubians/

Barabra

2

4

3

5

3+

4

4

1

 

 

14

 

3-2/1-(-2)

6/5/2

40*

Teda

-

-

3

4

3-

4

4

1

 

 

-

 

?/-1-0

?/3/2

41*

Tuareg/Ahaggaren

2

2

2+

2+

2

2

5

5

 

 

9-

 

1/-1

0/0/0


SCCS Time/Space Specifications

 

SCCSno.

 

Date

Focus

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 

10. 

11. 

12. 

13. 

14.

15. 

16. 

17. 

18. 

19. 

20. 

21. 

22. 

23. 

24. 

25. 

26. 

27. 

28. 

29. 

30. 

31. 

32. 

33. 

34. 

35. 

36. 

37. 

38. 

39. 

40. 

41. 

Nama Hottentot

Kung Bushmen

Thonga    

Lozi      

Mbundu    

Suku      

Bemba     

Nyakyusa  

Hadza     

Luguru    

Kikuyu    

Ganda     

Mbuti     

Nkundo Mongo

Banen     

Tiv       

Ibo       

Fon       

Ashanti   

Mende     

Wolof     

Bambara   

Tallensi  

Songhai   

Pastoral Fulani

Hausa     

Massa (Masa)

Azande    

Fur (Darfur)

Otoro Nuba

Shilluk   

Mao       

Kaffa (Kafa)

Masai     

Konso     

Somali    

Amhara    

Bogo      

Kenuzi Nubians

Teda      

Tuareg    

1860

1950

1865

1900

1890

1920

1897

1934

1930

1925

1920

1875

1950

1930

1935

1920

1935

1890

1895

1945

1950

1902

1934

1940

1951

1900

1910

1905

1880

1930

1910

1939

1905

1900

1935

1900

1953

1855

1900

1950

1900

Gei/Khauan tribe

Nyai Nyae region

Ronga subtribe

Ruling Luyana

Bailundo subtribe

Feshi territory lineage center

Zambia branch

Age villages of Mwaya and Masoko

Tribe

Morogoro District

Fort Hall or Metume district

Kyaddondo district (V: Kampala)

Epulu net-hunters, Ituri forest

Ilanga group

Ndiki subtribe

Tar of Benue Province

E. Isu-Ana group of South Ibo

City and environs of Abomey

Kumasi State

Vicinity of town of Bo

Upper and lower Salum in Gambia

Segou to Bamako on Niger River

Tribe

Bamba division

Wodaabe of Niger

Zazzagawa of Zaria

Around Yagoua in Cameroon

Yambio Chiefdom

Jebel Marra

Nuba Hills

Kingdom

Northern division

Kingdom

Kisonko or S. Masai of Tanzania

Town of Buso

Dolbahanta clan or subtribe

Gondar district

Tribe

Kenuzi Nubians of Dahmit

Nomads of Tibesti

Ahaggaren tribe


 

Janssen, D. F., Growing Up Sexually. VolumeI. World Reference Atlas. 0.2 ed. 2004. Berlin: Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology

Last revised: Sept 2004


 



[i] Grey color (N=16) signifies data for only one, or none, phase, making curricular arguments impossible.

[ii] Coverage in Atlas. Lateral remarks may be made on nonindicated societies.

[iii] Adolescent sexual expression, acc. ibid., orig. scale

[iv] Initiations, “intended for or clearly results in the initiation of [hetero]sexual relations”, according to Schlegel, A. & Barry III, H. (1979) Adolescent initiation ceremonies: a cross-cultural code, Ethnology 18,2:199-210. D=both genders. Timing (b,g):  (1) “before genital maturation”, (2) “at the first signs of genital maturation”, (3) “at” genital maturation, (4) “within one year of genital maturation”, (5) “later” than this, (?) unspecified.

[v] Barry, H. III, Josephson, E. et al. (1976) Traits inculcated in childhood: cross-cultural codes 5, Ethnology 15:83-114 [p84-93]. BE=Boys, early childhood; GL= Girls, late childhood [etc.]

[vi] Barry, H. III & Schlegel, A. (1984) Measurements of adolescent sexual behavior in the standard sample of societies, Ethnology 23,4:315-29. Adolescent sexual restraint, BA=Boys, adolescence [etc.]. Readapted from nonrestraint measure to 1-5 scale.

[vii] Selected variables: (1) sex talk in front of children (SCCS); (2) sex talk open except in front of children (SCCS); (3) nonhygienic intergenerational genital touching (acc DJ); (5) “sexuality” (“sexual capacity or attractiveness”) “principle focus” of the ceremony; b=boy, g=girl (SCCS)

[viii] Summation of BE, GE, BL and GL, + and – counted as 0.33; theoretical range 4-20

[ix] Sexual activity of children, as adapted from Ford and Beach (1951) by De Leeuwe, J. (1970) Society system and sexual life, Bijdr Taal- Land- & Volkenk 126:1-36, see p28-32. A= wholly and explicitly forbidden; B= (some) sexual activities forbidden to children, but premarital heterosexual activities permitted to persons other than children; C= coition forbidden for the period before puberty; E= wholly and explicitly permitted; F= children are permitted to be present during sexual activities of older persons and/or are allowed to participate in older people’s conversation on sexual matters

[x] Sexual restraint transitionality. x=both genders, a-b=boy-girl; i/ii=early to late childhood/late childhood to adolescence

[xi] Gender Differences in sexual restraint. x=SRboy<SRgirl; a/b/c=Ech/LCh/A