TRIBEMENT

Humans and their interest in sexual practices seem to have co evolved.  Different cultures exhibit many commonalities as well as differences in sexual expressions. So let’s take a tour to a number of bizarre sexual traditions. The Masai tribe, Africa – semen helps a girl to attain puberty. Prepubescent girls are made to have sex with warriors…

Initiation rites are seen as fundamental to human growth and development as well as socialization. They function by ritually marking the transition of someone to full group membership. These rites of passage take different shapes. One of such initiation rites is sexual cleansing, a common practice in several African countries where a woman is expected…

Locally known as Umhlanga, virginity testing is a popular tradition in South Africa, especially among the Zulu ethnic group who reside mainly in KwaZulu Natal province. Despite numerous attempts by the South African government to outlaw it, Umhlanga remains a popular annual Zulu reed dance ceremony. For any girl to participate in this ceremony, her…

This study seeks to close the analytical gap by examining Yorùbá oral literature, which is regarded as the repertoire of their traditional and cultural beliefs and nuances, to unravel the subject of lesbianism and homosexuality from a sociological approach. Drawing on interviews and oral literature, this article examines the vital ideas of lesbianism and gay…

The Himba tribe often called the Ovahimba are indigenous people with an estimated population of about 20,000 to 50,000 in northern Namibia. Sex, for the Himbia tribe, is offered as a show of warm welcome and hospitality. In the process, the man must beg the woman to remove her ornaments one by one and must…

As children mature into adolescence and reach their full height, they often create decorative scars known as “kitchoga.” These scars take the form of a single arc shape over the breasts for girls and on the chest for boys, as well as a double “m” shaped arc on the upper arm. The process involves using…