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Girls' nubility rites in AshantiBook 1977 • Sarpong, Peter
Akan • Africa > Western Africa
This is a detailed description and interpretation of Ashanti nubility rites based on questionnaires, tape recordings, and the personal experience of the author, who grew up in an Ashanti village. Ashanti nubility rites mark a woman's availability for...