South Africa: Traditional Circumcision Deaths Prompt Bans, Debate

[VOA] For hundreds of years, teenage boys and young men from South Africa's Xhosa and Ndebele groups have followed a sacred, secret coming-of-age ritual that culminates in ritual circumcision by a traditional surgeon. Initiation, as the practice is called, is part of the rich fabric of South African society.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - Category: African Health Source Type: news