Browsing by Author "Udo, Nsima Stanislaus"
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Visualizing the body: Photographic clues and the cultural fluidity of Mbopo institution, 1914-2014
Udo, Nsima Stanislaus (University of the Western Cape, 2018)The mbopo institution, popularly known as the “fattening room” is a cultural rite of passage for young virgins, who are being prepared for marriage among the Ibibio/Efik people of southern Nigeria. It is a complex cultural ...