MBO (ZAIRE

 

IndexAfricaZaire → Mbo

Also: Congo

Featured: Mbo, Bwela, Ngwana, Mukete, Basoko, Bahemba, Azande, Bakongo, Bakwa-Luntu, Tetela, Muyaka, Alur, Baluba, Baushi, Wagenia


 

 

The major initiation rite is called nkumbi (cf. ®Mbuti) as described by Towles (1993)[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] Towles, J. A. (1993) Nkumbi Initiation: Ritual and Structure among the Mbo of Zaire. Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika 137