Growing Up Sexually

AMWIMBE  (Kenya DISTRICT, BRITISH EAST AFRICA) 

Index →Africa→ Kenya → Amwimbe

Featured : Pokomo, Amwimbe, Kore, Kuria, Masai, N’Jemp, Ariaal Rendille, Kamba, Tiriki, Chuka, Maragoli, Kikuyu, Kipsigis, Gusii, Luo, Meru, Samburu, Tuken, Nandi; ®Iteso

The age of sexual operations varied considerably, but usually occurred between 12 and 16 for boys, a little later for girls (Browne, 1913:p137)[1]. “Considerable, if not complete, sexual licence” is allowed after circumcision and labiectomy (p140). Before the operation a charm protected girls from pregnancy, which after the ceremony is replaced by a fertility charm.

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

Last revised: Sept 2004