Cutting the anthill : the symbolic foundations of female and male circumcision rituals among the Mandinka of Brikama, the Gambia
The main task of this thesis is to elucidate the historical and symbolic contexts of female and male initiation rituals among the Mandinka as well as linkages to matricentric or mother focused religious ideologies. The main argument of this thesis is that female and male initiation rituals correspon...
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London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
2005
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.420979 |