2009-07-18 ZA Mail & Guardian - Becoming a Man

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Becoming a man
PIERRE W BROUARD
South Africa Mail & Guardian

http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-07-18-becoming-a-man

Every year young boys die during circumcision camps. Pierre W Brouard wonders what we can do to create productive and discursive dialogue around the big chop
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It's 5.30am on a cold Monday morning in May and Themba and I are driving to Pretoria West Hospital for his circumcision. I try to tell him cheerful stories, but also show that I understand his anxiety. . .

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