Growing Up Sexually

 

 

IRIGWE (NIGERIA

 

Index AfricaNigeria Irigwe

 

Featured: Badjju, Nupe, Hausa, Kadara, Kagoro, Efik, Tiv, Kanuri, Ijaw/ Ijo, Bini, Marghi, Jekri, Lala, Kofjar, Ibibio, Woodabe Fulani, Borroro Fulani, Ibo[Afikpo Igbo, Asaba Ibo], Rukuba, Irigwe, Yakoe, Igbira, Igala, Orri, Dakarkaki, Tuareg


 

Education about proper marital behaviour is part of the initiation rites for pubescent boys; a ritual sexual experience with a pregnant woman is also art of the initiation period (Muller & Sangree, 1973)[1].

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

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

Last revised: Sept 2004

 



[1] Muller, J. C. & Sangree, W. H. (1973) Irigwe and Rukuba marriage: a comparison, Canad J Afr Stud 7,1:27-57