Growing Up Sexually

 

TSHIDI BAROLONG (South Africa)

 

 

Index Africa South Africa Tshidi Barolong

 

Featured: Zulu, Basuto, Tswana, Swasi, Bovale, Pedi, Thonga, Lemba, Xhosa, Xesibe, Tshidi Barolong, Venda, Fingo, Lobedu; ®!Xo


Infant betrothal is practised but marriage is delayed until puberty. Premarital sexuality is unusual, and if it occurs, linked to marital plans (Mathews, 1940)[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] Mathews, Z. K. (1940) Marriage customs among the Barolong, Africa 13,1:1-23