Kasena norms and reproductive health

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Kasena reproductive culture is pro-natalist, pro-child and pro-offspring and this is obvious from their norms, sayings, and their institutions. This pro-natalist attitude is inculcated in children at an early age. These are not just glib generalisations. There is in fact evidence for this inclination such as the belief in spirirts masquerading as babies with congenital deformities which are perceived as threats to the family and society and who should therefore be gotten rid of or the encouragement of social menopause in a pre-menopausal couple. A variety of other ethnographic facts mediate the tendency to place ultimate value in large family sizes.

Date Issued:

2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Research Review (New Series)

Place:

Africa

Subject Genre:

Periodicals

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m57p8vr7m