Father
Arnoux (1931:p348)[1] noted that due to the unclothed
state of being, children “[…] se permettent toute sorte de jeux indécents
avec camarades des deux sexes, sans ressentir le moindre remords”. Maquet
(1961:p78)[2]: “The De Smedt (1998)[3] speaks of “child”
marriage in Mayr and Mayr-Knochel (1996:p29-30)[5] state that grandmothers may tease the little boy with his masculinity. Sexual acts are free, when not compromising parents or overt masturbation. Children build huts, and play husband and wife.
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[2] Maquet, J. J. (1961) The Premise of Inequality in
[3] Smedt, J. de (1998) Child marriages
in Rwandan refugee camps,
[4] Enry, P. J. P. (1981) De l’Education Traditionelle a l’Enseignement Moderne au Rwanda. Vol. 1. Based on the author’s 1978 Thesis, Université de Lille
[5] Mayr, Th. M. & Mayr-Knochel, H.
(1996) Frühe Kindheit in Ruanda, in Gottschalk-Batschkus, Ch. E. & Schuler,
J. (Eds.) Ethnomedizinische Perspektiven
zur Frühen Kindheit. Berlin: VWB, Verlag für Wissenschaft & Bildung,
p21-30. The authors draw from Vincent, M. (1954) L’Enfant au Ruanda-Uruundi. Brussels: IRCB, esp. p167-71; and Gakumba, B. (1983) L’Éducation Sexuelle de l’Adolescent Rwandais Scolarisé.
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