Per-Anders Pettersson
IN TRANSITION: SOUTH AFRICA: IN TRANSITION
IN TRANSITION
Xhosa boys wait for a nurse to tend to them after being circumcised while going through a traditional manhood ceremony in the bush in Bisho, a rural area in South Africa, 2000. The ceremony last for about six weeks and is done to prepare them for adulthood. Nelson Mandela went through the ceremony in his youth.
Xhosa boys wait for a nurse to tend to them after being circumcised while going through a traditional manhood ceremony in the bush in Bisho, a rural area in South Africa, 2000. The ceremony last for about six weeks and is done to prepare them for adulthood. Nelson Mandela went through the ceremony in his youth.
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