Growing Up Sexually

MANG'ANJA (Malawi)

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Featured : Lake Nyasa, Chewa, Yao, Ngoni, Lomwe, Mang'anja; ®Nyakyusa

Reading:

§         Nditani, Christopher T., "Common Female Rituals of the Mang'anja of Nsanje District", research paper, ChancellorCollege, Zomba, 1989, 11pp. A brief summary of four female initiation rituals of the Mang'anja which include: buthu (one performed before a girl reaches puberty), chinamwali (at puberty), chisamba (during pregnancy) and chamwana (after the birth of the baby) in Nsanje.

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

Last revised: Sept 2004