Dec 12, 2022
Inxeba [The Wound] (John Trengove - 2017)
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Inxeba [The Wound] (John Trengove - 2017)
Inxeba [The Wound] (John Trengove - 2017)
James Natchwey - photograph - National Geographic Magazine
Xhosa teens, initiated into manhood in a centuries-old circumcision ritual called ulwaluko, stay in seclusion outside their Eastern Cape village, wrapped in ceremonial blankets and painted with white clay for purification. Hospital surgeries reduce the infection rate, but many boys opt for the old rite