Visualizing the body: Photographic clues and the cultural fluidity of Mbopo institution, 1914-2014
Magister Artium - MA === The mbopo institution, popularly known as the “fattening room” is a cultural rite of passage for young virgins, who are being prepared for marriage among the Ibibio/Efik people of southern Nigeria. It is a complex cultural institution which marked the change of status from...
Main Author: | Udo, Nsima Stanislaus |
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Other Authors: | Hayes, Patricia |
Language: | en |
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University of the Western Cape
2019
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6652 |
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