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The Man Paid To Sleep With Children by johnkashimu: 6:43am On Jul 21, 2016 |
In some remote southern regions of Malawi, it's traditional for girls to be made to have sex with a paid sex worker known as a "hyena" once they reach puberty. The act is not seen by village elders as rape, but as a form of ritual "cleansing". meet Eric Aniva, Aniva is by all accounts the pre-eminent "hyena" in this village. It's a traditional title given to a man hired by communities in several remote parts of southern Malawi to provide what's called sexual "cleansing". If a man dies, for example, his wife is required by tradition to sleep with Aniva before she can bury him. If a woman has an abortion, again sexual cleansing is required. And most shockingly, here in Nsanje, teenage girls, after their first menstruation, are made to have sex over a three-day period, to mark their passage from childhood to womanhood. If the girls refuse, it's believed, disease or some fatal misfortune could befall their families or the village as a whole. Most of those I have slept with are girls, school-going girls," Aniva says. "Some girls are just 12 or 13 years old, but I prefer them older. All these girls find pleasure in having me as their hyena. They actually are proud and tell other people that this man is a real man, he knows how to please a woman." Aniva appears to be in his 40s (he's vague about his precise age) and currently has two wives who are well aware of his work. He claims to have slept with 104 women and girls - although as he said the same to a local newspaper in 2012, I sense that he long ago lost count. Aniva has five children that he knows about - he's not sure how many of the women and girls he's made pregnant. He tells reporters he's one of 10 hyenas in this community, and that every village in Nsanje district has them. They are paid from $4 to $7 (£3 to £5) each time. An hour's drive down the road, Reporters are introduced to Fagisi, Chrissie and Phelia, women in their 50s and custodians of the initiation traditions in their village. It's their job to organise the adolescent girls into camps each year, teaching them about their duties as wives and how to please a man sexually. The "sexual cleansing" with the hyena is the final stage of this process, arranged voluntarily by the girl's parents. It's necessary, Fagisi, Chrissie and Phelia explain, "to avoid infection with their parents or the rest of the community". I put it to them that there's a much greater risk that these "cleansings" will themselves spread disease. According to custom, sex with the hyena must never be protected with the use of condoms. But they say a hyena is hand-picked for his good morals, and therefore cannot be infected with HIV/Aids. When Reporters ask Aniva too whether he wants his daughter to undergo sexual cleansing, he surprises them "Not my daughter. I cannot allow it. Follow link below for complete message http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36843769 |
Re: The Man Paid To Sleep With Children by Nobody: 6:48am On Jul 21, 2016 |
I put it to them that there's a much greater risk that these "cleansings" will themselves spread disease. According to custom, sex with the hyena must never be protected with the use of condoms. But they say a hyena is hand-picked for his good morals, and therefore cannot be infected with HIV/Aids. .Haaaaaaa |
Re: The Man Paid To Sleep With Children by yrret: 6:54am On Jul 21, 2016 |
When Reporters ask Aniva too whether he wants his daughter to undergo sexual cleansing, he surprises them "Not my daughter. I cannot allow it. And you dey bleep person daughters with happiness. Wizard like you! |
Re: The Man Paid To Sleep With Children by Kakamorufu(m): 7:10am On Jul 21, 2016 |
na wa oooooooo. Sexual cleansing. In this mordern world. Ts like they are still in the 1800s over there. |
Re: The Man Paid To Sleep With Children by johnkashimu: 7:27am On Jul 21, 2016 |
That's Africa,s for you ooo!! |
Re: The Man Paid To Sleep With Children by skimanski(m): 9:25am On Jul 21, 2016 |
This is serious ooo!!!. Africans and their selfish cultures because you want to sleep with every young virgin, you cook-up stories that will kill you. Where is Lalasticlala Ishilove Semid4lyfe Obinoscopy |
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