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UT Bamasaba Masaba Male Circumcision Discussion

Choose an African cultural practice from the following:

Bamasaba (Masaba) male circumcision (imbalu). Note: Alternate names for Bamasaba: Masaba, Gishu, Bagishu, Gisu, Bagisu. They live in Uganda.
Widow cleansing and inheritance among the Luo of Kenya
Bride Price in any African culture (or in several African cultures)

Review the cultural practice that you have chosen from a cultural relativist viewpoint. Be sure to do the following:

Provide a description of the cultural practice
Review the practice (provide an assessment or analysis of the practice, pointing out advantages and disadvantages. In your assessment, indicate whether the practice is pro-development, anti-development, or neutral. Can it potentially inhibit development?). Please feel free to use first person when necessary.
Briefly discuss limitations of cultural relativism you encountered (if you did indeed encounter them). Note: I have provided you with some sources, but these are not the only ones. If you need more information, please consult other sources from the University of Toronto library, the web (e.g. Wikipedia, YouTube, etc.)

Some sources to get you started

Information can be found on some YouTube channels, websites such as the following:

Warning: Explicit content!

Imbalu HIDEN TREASURES OF MASABA LAND Mbale Elgon Film’s Ltd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DjThcmuubs (Links to an external site.)
Imbalu ceremony

3. Bagisu People: Uganda’s most fearsome patriarchal tribe and their Culturally unique Circumcision Ceremony

Widow cleansing and inheritance among the Luo in Kenya: a) Widow Inheritance: Throwing out the Baby With the Bath Water

b) Widow cleansing and inheritance among the Luo in Kenya: the need for additional women-centred HIV prevention options

Bride Price: a) Lowes Sara and Nathan Nunn. 2018. Bride Price and the Well-Being of Women

(Links to an external site.)b) What Price – Bride Price? Full documentary