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Tommy Boys, Lesbian Men, And Ancestral Wives: Female Same-sex Practices in Africa
Edition: 1st
Author(s): Morgan, Ruth
ISBN10:  1770090932
ISBN13:  9781770090934
Format:  Paperback
Pub. Date:  3/30/2006
Publisher(s): Paul & Co Pub Consortium

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
A vivid portrait of homosexual African women, this collection of essays examines and celebrates same-sex practices while acknowledging their taboo status in many African cultures. From Uganda to Namibia, governmental homophobia and female strength are among the thoroughly discussed issues.
The Authors 8(3)
Introduction
Ruth Morgan and Saskia Wieringa
11(14)
1 'I want to marry the woman of my choice without fear of being stoned': female marriages and bisexual women in Kenya
Nancy Baraka with Ruth Morgan
25(28)
2 'Immoral and Satanic': loving secretly in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Sophia Musa Mohamed with Saskia Wieringa
53(12)
3 'Some say I am hermaphrodite just because I put on trousers': lesbians and tommy boys in Kampala, Uganda
Marie Nagadya with Ruth Morgan
65(12)
4 'I don't force my feelings for other women, my feelings have to force me': same-sexuality amongst Ovambo women in Namibia
Madelene Isaacks with Ruth Morgan
77(46)
5 'I am a pet goat, I will not be slaughtered': female masculinity and femme strength amongst the Damara in Namibia
Elizabeth Khaxas with Saskia Wieringa
123(76)
6 'My attitude is manly...a girl needs to walk on the aisle': butch-femme subculture in Johannesburg, South Africa
Busi Kheswa with Saskia Wieringa
199(32)
7 'This has happened since ancient times...it's something you are born with': ancestral wives amongst same-sex sangomas in South Africa
Nkunzi Nkabinde with Ruth Morgan
231(30)
8 'I'm the black sheep of my family...': same-sexuality in the corners of Swaziland
Siza Khumalo with Saskia Wieringa
261
9 Women marriages and other same-sex practices: historical reflections on African women's same-sex relations
Saskia Wieringa
281(28)
10 Present-day same-sex practices in Africa: conclusions from the African Women's Life Story Project
Ruth Morgan and Saskia Wieringa
309(16)
Endnotes & References 325(5)
Index 330
Ruth Morgan, PhD, is an anthropologist and the director of the Gay and Lesbian Archives in Johannesburg. Saskia Wieringa is an anthropologist who has studied female same-sex relations for over twenty years. She is the coeditor of Female Desires: Same-Sex Relations and Transgender Practices Across Cultures and the president of the International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture, and Society.

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