“…As the individual's status in the family and community changes, the experience is said to be transformative (Blumenkrantz 1996). According to Mandova, Mutonhori, and Mudzanire (2012), the African rites of passage involve human development through life stages such as birth, adulthood, marriage, eldership, and death. Rites refer to ceremonies, while passages refer to the transition between developmental stages (Warfield-Coppock 1992).…”