Word: kutahiriwaã
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...used to greet people. I seemed to be the only person in the village who did not consider my pre-pubescent homestay sister to be an adult. One hot afternoon, Monika broached the subject of her womanhood by asking me if I knew what the word “kutahiriwa?? meant. I did not. If you look the word up in a Swahili dictionary, you will see that it means circumcision. But when Monika explained it, using diagrams and elementary Swahili, she told an elaborate story of her ceremonious transition into womanhood. Monika beamed with pride...
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