MAKA (CAMEROON)
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A “very old woman”, also a circumciser, would “instruct the girls as soon as they see their first menstruation cycle about the mystery of procreation, the duties and sanctity of motherhood” (Nkwi, 1981:p850)[1].
Janssen,
D. F., Growing Up Sexually. Last revised: Sept 2004 |
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