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 (5 October 2006)."Scores of initiates died in E Cape, hearing told", Star (Gauteng, South Africa). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
Quote:There had been 19 more deaths in the province this year. Another 63 initiates had to undergo amputations, while 562 were hospitalised, Eastern Cape Health Department officials said on the second day of the hearings in Lusikisiki yesterday.
- Gophe, Myolisi (30 December 2006)."South Africa: Matric Success Followed By "Mysterious" Initiation Death", Cape Argus (Cape Town, South Africa). Retrieved 28 July 2024.
Quote:Lunga Nocanda, 18, who matriculated from External link Hermanus High School, died "under mysterious circumstances" at an initiation school in Paarl on December 18 - the only known casualty of a botched circumcision ritual in the Western Cape this season.
- 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."
- Anonymous (2 December 2007)."Youth Dies After Traditional Circumcision", IOL. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
Quote:An 18-year-old youth died at an illegal initiation school in Gxulu Village, Umtata, and six others are in hospital.
