From: Jim Rosenfield <jnr@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Date: 11 Nov 92 19:37 PST
Subject: Re: female circumcision
Nf-ID: #R:1992Nov10.4292.7875@dosgate:1289139176:cdp:1471700241:000:2964
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!jnr    Nov 11 19:37:00 1992


From: Jim Rosenfield <jnr>
Subject: Re: Female Circumcision

From: P.TENGENDE@cowan.edu.au
Subject: Re: Mutilation & Clitorectomy

Summary: Clitorectomy and the "African Culture".
Keywords: Mutilation,Circumcission, infubilation

There are 50 odd countries in Africa, with some of these countries having
very diverse cultures from one part of the country to another. Please be 
reminded that there is nothing like one universal "African Culture" - 
and I hope people will start to make a distinction of which country 
they are talking about and where possible , WHICH CULTURE.

By the way, circumcission and its female version are not practised in the
Shona and Ndebele cultures (the two cultures) of Zimbabwe. A small group of
Chewa immigrants from Malawi were reported a few years ago as engaging in 
clitorectomy.....( can't remember the word ).

Peterson Kanyimo Tengende           |
P.TENGENDE@bluering.cowan.edu.au    |  What is the capital city of Africa ??
Tel +619 370 285                    |  Any  Suggestions ?? 
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 From T.K.Hara@newcastle.ac.uk Wed Nov 11 00:46:04 1992
From: "T.K. Hara" <T.K.Hara@newcastle.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 08:44:40 GMT
To: jnr@igc.apc.org, P.Tengende@cowan.edu.au
Cc: P.TENGENDE@BLUERING.COWAN.EDU.AU
Subject: Re: Clitorid'y / African Culture
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
Organization: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK NE1 7RU

In article <1471700234@igc.apc.org> you write:
>
>From: P.TENGENDE@cowan.edu.au
>Subject: Re: Mutilation & Clitorectomy
>
>Summary: Clitorectomy and the "African Culture".
>Keywords: Mutilation,Circumcission, infubilation
>
>There are 50 odd countries in Africa, with some of these countries having
>very diverse cultures from one part of the country to another. Please be 
>reminded that there is nothing like one universal "African Culture" - 
>and I hope people will start to make a distinction of which country 
>they are talking about and where possible , WHICH CULTURE.
>
>By the way, circumcission and its female version are not practised in the
>Shona and Ndebele cultures (the two cultures) of Zimbabwe. A small group of
>Chewa immigrants from Malawi were reported a few years ago as engaging in 
>clitorectomy.....( can't remember the word ).
>
>Peterson Kanyimo Tengende           |
>P.TENGENDE@bluering.cowan.edu.au    |  What is the capital city of Africa ??
>Tel +619 370 285                    |  Any  Suggestions ?? 
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Cde Tengende it is wrong to make false statements about a Tribe when
you do not have the facts right -Chewas(whether from Malawi or Zambia) do not P
ractice what you talked 
about. I am not Chewa but I know a fair amount of the Customs practiced 
by the Chewa - We know the 'Chewa Immigrants' in Zimbabwe are not very welcome 

but it is out of order to make such absurd allegations about them.