Per-Anders Pettersson

IN TRANSITION: SOUTH AFRICA: IN TRANSITION

Xhosa boys go through a manhood ceremony in a rural area in Tshatshu, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 2000. They were earlier circumcised and are now taught how to prepare for manhood during a one-month stay in a hut in the bush. Nelson Mandela went through this ritual when he was young.
IN TRANSITION

Xhosa boys go through a manhood ceremony in a rural area in Tshatshu, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 2000. They were earlier circumcised and are now taught how to prepare for manhood during a one-month stay in a hut in the bush. Nelson Mandela went through this ritual when he was young.