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==Xhosa circumcision==
The Eastern Cape Province of South Africa is the home of the Xhosa people. The culture of the Xhosa includes many traditional practices, including a rite of passage to manhood called ''Ulwaluko''. Ulwaluko includes a circumcision by a traditional practitioner. The circumcisions are not performed in accordance with modern medical practice. They are notorious for loss of penile skin, infection, gangrene, '''total loss of the penis''', and even [[death]].<ref>{{REFweb
|url=http://www.cirp.org/news/1996-07-19SouthAfrica/
|title=Initiation horror as four dead
}}</ref>
===Life without a penis===
Mia Malan (2013) discussed the difficulties of life without a [[penis]].<ref name="malan2013">{{REFnews
|title=The boys who lost their manhood
|url=https://mg.co.za/article/2013-08-16-00-the-boys-who-lost-their-manhood/