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Boy‑Wives and Female Husbands presents a comprehensive, evidence‑based examination of homosexuality in African societies. The collection of essays integrates anthropological and historical perspectives with ethnographic data and literary sources, addressing themes such as woman‑woman marriages, early reports of Malagasy "berdaches," male homosexuality in contemporary West Africa, alternative gender identities among the Swahili, regulation of sexuality in colonial Zimbabwe, and depictions of same‑sex relationships in modern African literature. As the first volume of its kind, it offers scholars and readers an authoritative resource for understanding the complexity and diversity of African sexual identities and the social conditions that shape them.
First publish date: 1998
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Stephen O. Murray
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