People & Power - Ndiyindoda: I am a man
People & Power - Ndiyindoda: I am a man is about circumcision among the Xhosa of the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa.
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Circumcision rituals in South Africa — the ceremonial transition to manhood in the Xhosa society — are resulting in the mutilation and death of hundreds of young men each year. People & Power investigates the tragic consequences.
Includes testimonials of a mother who lost her son to circumcision ritual, and a man who lost his penis.
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Anonymous (2 January 2007)."Eight initiates die in Eastern Cape", SABC News. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
Quote:"This is a decrease in the number of deaths at the same time last year when 15 initiates died," Sizwe Kupelo, department spokesperson said. "And only six of the eight died due to circumcision related problems. One of the other two boys was murdered, while the other died in a fire at his school."
