The African tradition of initiation and circumcision: a curse or cure in South Africa?

Twala, Chitja

doi:10.4314/sajch.v21i1.6346

“…It also demonstrates how unthinkable it would be for a rural Xhosa father to accept his son's choice not to participate fully. An uninitiated man will also not have his fellow men's respect and will not be allowed to take part in official clan meetings with them (Twala 2007). There have been reported instances of Xhosa boys stealing money and truanting to join an initiation school (Lodewijckx and Syroit 1997).…”

Section: The Bargaining Position Of the Xhosa Boymentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Some anthropological researchers who have explained the ritual from a developmental and health perspective (Malan 1989, Marck 1997, Van Vuuren and De Jongh 1999, Ntombana 2009) agree that untrained and careless guardians and traditional surgeons may be a leading factor in the development of complications such as sepsis, penile amputation, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. However, a discourse which becomes apparent in the literature is that fatality among initiates is the normal course of life (Matanzima 1996 cited in Meintjes 1998, Twala 2007 and that only those who survive were meant to become real men. Such discourse highlights the balance between the initiates' rights and the legal right to practice traditional circumcision.…”

Section: The Approach Of Research Regarding Male Initiation In South mentioning

confidence: 98%

Xhosa male initiation: Freedom of choice versus the need to belong

Venter

¹

2013

Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health

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“…This is viewed as a passage to manhood that involves initiation and circumcision. The community values and beliefs are reflected in these practices and passed on to the upcoming generation (Twala 2007).…”

Section: Rituals At Childbirthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Provision of neonatal care: An African indigenous perspective

Simane-Netshisaulu¹,

Lebese²,

Tulelo³

2022

Working With Indigenous Knowledge: Strategies for Health Professionals

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Peer review declarationThe publisher (AOSIS) endorses the South African 'National Scholarly Book Publishers Forum Best Practice for Peer Review of Scholarly Books'. The manuscript underwent an evaluation to compare the level of originality with other published works and was subjected to rigorous two-step peer review before publication, with the identities of the reviewers not revealed to the editor(s) or author(s). The reviewers were independent of the publisher, editor(s) and author(s). The publisher shared feedback on the similarity report and the reviewers' inputs with the manuscript's editor(s) or author(s) to improve the manuscript. Where the reviewers recommended revision and improvements, editor(s) or author(s) responded adequately to such recommendations. The reviewers commented positively on the scholarly merits of the manuscript and recommended that the book be published.

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“…This is viewed as a passage to manhood that involves initiation and circumcision. The community values and beliefs are reflected in these practices and passed on to the upcoming generation (Twala 2007).…”

Section: Rituals At Childbirthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Child spacing and prevention of pregnancy among African indigenous people

Lebese¹,

Mothiba²,

Mulaudzi³

et al. 2022

Working With Indigenous Knowledge: Strategies for Health Professionals

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The African tradition of initiation and circumcision: a curse or cure in South Africa?

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Xhosa male initiation: Freedom of choice versus the need to belong

Xhosa male initiation: Freedom of choice versus the need to belong

Provision of neonatal care: An African indigenous perspective

Child spacing and prevention of pregnancy among African indigenous people

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