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Les Massa du CamerounBook 1964 • Garine, I. de
Masa • Africa > Central Africa
This classic ethnography of the Masa covers environment, history, material culture, economy, and social organization. The author discusses in detail domestic groups, household budgets, marriage, bridewealth, cattle loans, and milk cures (cattle are a...Sociocultural aspects of the male fattening sessions among the Massa of Northern Cameroonessay 1995 • Garine, I. de
Masa • Africa > Central Africa
This document focuses on the practice by Masa men of eating large meals of porridge and milk to achieve an ideal large body size that women find sexually attractive. Such overeating is done in groups or individually, and brings prestige to lineage gr...