RT Article
T1 A Preservation from Oral and Practiced Rites of Passage in an African Tradition: Towards a Search for Identity in a Changing World in the Written
JF Journal of black religious thought
VO 2
IS 2
SP 122
OP 139
A1 Kwakye-Nuako, Kwasi
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1882285611
AB This is an originally observed rites of passages in a traditional African context. Through empirical observation and cultural anthropological esoteric engagement, traditions that have been traditionally preserved and kept in the oral or memory have been preserved in the written for the first time. An overview of the Sub-Saharan African context is followed by birthing and naming of the Meru peoples of Kenya. Additional traditions of rites for Meru boys, education, and integration lead to the conclusion.
K1 Kenya
K1 Education
K1 Meru
K1 Sub-Saharan Africa
K1 rite of passage
DO 10.1163/27727963-02020004