Type | Journal Article - Sex Education |
Title | Conceptualising children as sexual beings: pre-colonial sexuality education among the Gĩkũyũ of Kenya |
Author(s) | |
Volume | 13 |
Issue | 5 |
Publication (Day/Month/Year) | 2013 |
Page numbers | 585-596 |
URL | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14681811.2013.795888 |
Abstract | Based on oral history accounts elicited from 25 Gĩkũyũ elders in Kenya, this paper describes a non-penetrative sexual practice, ngweko, permitted for the sake of pleasure and sexual release among circumcised and unmarried young people in the Gĩkũyũ community. Lessons that can be learned from the pre-colonial Gĩkũyũ sexuality culture are identified, and possible implications for contemporary sexuality education explored. |
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