Growing Up Sexually

WAHIWÉ (Angola)

Index → Africa→ Angola→ Wahiwé

Featured: Babunda, Luimi, Umbundu, Bajok / Badjok, Wahiwé

Among the Wahiwé described by Falk (1925)[1] solitary masturbation is regarded as suspicious, though homosexual acts occur in both sexes from age 7 to 18. There is also age-stratified male homosexuality with boys 12 to 15 years old.

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

Last revised: Sept 2004