Per-Anders Pettersson
IN TRANSITION: SOUTH AFRICA: IN TRANSITION

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.
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.
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