Male Circumcision in Africa

Circumcision has been practiced in Africa to initiateadolescent boys into adulthood from time immemorial.Communities with a history of traditionalcircumcision in Sub-Saharan Africa are graduallytaking up clinical circumcision and yet stilladhering to traditional circumcision processes. Byuse of both ethnographic and descriptive means thisbook explains modernity factors that determinechoosing between traditional and clinicalcircumcision. Parents and their sons consider cost ofcircumcision and health concerns; HIV infectionthreat safety complications and other adverseconsequences. Thus traditional circumcisionprocesses are not popular in prevailing economic andhealth circumstances. However circumcisions areredefined today to serve their traditionalsignificance of initiation as derived from WilliamThomas' concept of redefinition of the situation.This book is recommended for researchers scholarsand students in the field of circumcision andHIV/AIDS. It is also recommended for culture andhealth researchers interested in male circumcision.