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The Eastern Cape Province of South Africa is home to the Xhosa people, one of the nation's largest tribes. They live in the modern world, but they maintain ancient customs—including one by which boys become men...and starts with pain.

Ulwaluko: Photos


Note: The photographs collection shown on this page have originally been hosted online on http://ulwaluko.co.za/Photos.html. Sometime in 2020, the photos have been deleted there, but were still available on the Internet Archive.

These selected photographs were taken in various health institutions in the Eastern Cape during 2012 and 2013. They illustrate the magnitude of the problem faced by medical practitioners during the initiation seasons.

Informed consent has been obtained for each clinical photograph shown. Every effort has been made to ensure anonymity and all metadata has been removed. Some photographs have been edited digitally to enhance colours and contrast.

Mia Malan, the health editor of the Mail and Guardian newspaper, wrote two articles about the boys behind the photographs: 'the boys who lost their manhood' and 'play speaks for maimed initiates'. Both articles are excruciating reads.

Please be warned that most photographs are graphic. Scroll down to view them.

Photo categories

The photos are categorized for various types of circumcision damages which can be easily found when sorting the following table by Type:

  • Abscess
  • Abuse
  • Amputee
  • Death
  • Deformed
  • Epithelium loss
  • Gangrene
  • Incomplete
  • Infected
  • Large wound
  • Muthi
  • Nose pulling
  • Pressure sores
  • Rotting
  • Skewed
  • Skin loss
  • SPC
  • Swollen glans
  • Tissue loss
  • Torture
  • Urethral injury

Ulwaluko photos collection

# Type Image
001 Infected
002 Skin loss
003 a Infected
003 b Infected
004 Incomplete
005 Muthi
006 Infected
007 Incomplete
008 Muthi
009 Infected
010 Infected
011 Incomplete
012 Muthi
013 Gangrene
014 Infected
015 Infected
016 Muthi
017 Large wound
018 Epithelium loss
019 Incomplete
020 Gangrene
021 Deformed
022 Infected
023 Epithelium loss
024 Infected
025 Large wound
026 Rotting
027 Death
028 Skin loss
029 Epithelium loss
030 Incomplete
031 Skewed
032 Skin loss
033 Death
034 Incomplete
035 Amputee
036 Infected
037 Deformed
038 Skin loss
039 Infected
040 Infected
041 Deformed
042 Epithelium loss
043 Amputee
044 a Gangrene
044 b Gangrene
044 c Gangrene
044 d Gangrene
044 e Gangrene
045 Death
046 a Infected
046 b Infected
047 a Gangrene
047 b Gangrene
047 c Gangrene
047 d Gangrene
048 Epithelium loss
049 Tight bandage
050 Large wound
051 Infected
052 a Gangrene
052 b Gangrene
052 c Gangrene
052 d Gangrene
053 a Large wound
053 b Large wound
054 Muthi
055 a Gangrene
055 b Gangrene
055 c Gangrene
056 Epithelium loss
057 a Large wound
057 b Large wound
058 Infected
059 Torture
060 a Incomplete
060 b Incomplete
061 Epithelium loss
062 Deformed
063 a Gangrene
063 b Gangrene
063 c Gangrene
064 Epithelium loss
065 Nose pulling
066 a Deformed
066 b Deformed
067 Infected
068 Infected
069 Epithelium loss
070 Infected
071 Epithelium loss
072 Deformed
073 Amputee
074 Epithelium loss
075 Epithelium loss
076 Large wound
077 Amputee
078 Infected
079 Epithelium loss
080 Amputee
081 Abuse
082 Epithelium loss
083 Epithelium loss
084 Skin loss
085 Infected
086 Epithelium loss
087 Infected
088 Infected
089 Infected
090 Abscess
091 Epithelium loss
092 Infected
093 Muthi
094 a Gangrene
094 b Gangrene
094 c Gangrene
095 Epithelium loss
096 Infected
097 a Gangrene
097 b Gangrene
097 c Gangrene
097 d Gangrene
097 e Gangrene
098 Epithelium loss
099 Infected
100 Epithelium loss
101 a Gangrene
101 b Gangrene
101 c Gangrene
102 Tissue loss
103 Skin loss
104 Amputee
105 a Gangrene
105 b Gangrene
105 c Gangrene
105 d Gangrene
106 Abscess
107 Infected
108 a Gangrene
108 b Gangrene
108 c Gangrene
109 Skin loss
110 Large wound
111 Infected
112 a Gangrene
112 b Gangrene
112 c Gangrene
113 Large wound
114 Infected
115 Hypospadias
116 Skin loss
117 Skin loss
118 Infected
119 Skin loss
120 Infected
121 Amputee
122 a Gangrene
122 b Gangrene
122 c Gangrene
122 d Gangrene
123 Skin loss
124 Skin loss
125 Epithelium loss
126 Epithelium loss
127 Infected
128 Epithelium loss
129 Infected
130 Gangrene
131 Infected
132 Epithelium loss
133 Epithelium loss
134 a Gangrene
134 b Gangrene
134 c Gangrene
135 Tissue loss
136 Infected
137 Infected
138 Infected
139 a Gangrene
139 b Gangrene
140 Amputee
141 Skin loss
142 Deformed
143 a Gangrene
143 b Gangrene
144 Torture
145 Tissue loss
146 Amputee
147 SPC
148 Skin loss
149 Amputee
150 Epithelium loss
151 Pressure sores
152 Amputee
153 a Gangrene
153 b Gangrene
154 Amputee
155 Abuse

See also

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