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World Service,2 mins

Music and film star Nakhane: When I was circumcised

The Cultural Frontline

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South African music and film star Nakhane describes the traditional Xhosa rite of adult male circumcision, what happened when it was his time to be cut, and how he was torn between his former Christian faith and tribal custom. Nakhane stars in The Wound, a film about circumcision and coming of age in rural South Africa. (Photo: Nakhane. Credit: Tarryn Hatchett)

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