PAST PASSAGES: INITIATION RITES ON THE ADAMAWA PLATEAU (CAMEROON)

Philip Leis

Abstract


During the 1960s in the northern Cameroon, the Nyam-Nyam (or Nizaa) performed rites of passage, where boys were circumcised and underwent lengthy initiation rites. Since the rituals are no longer performed, several occasions are described and the question of their demise is examined.

Keywords


Rites of passage; circumcision; identity; Nyam-Nyam/Nizaa; Cameroon

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