Behaviours of traditional male circumcision initiates of Cala and Mdantsane, South Africa

This article focuses on the exploration of behavioural deficits that are manifested by the traditional male circumcision (TMC) initiates of the contemporary epoch. A qualitative research approach amid an exploratory and descriptive design followed by interpretivism paradigm was applied. A purposive...

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Main Authors: Aphiwe Mpateni, Simon Murote Kang’ethe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2022-12-01
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Online Access:https://inkanyisojournal.org/index.php/ink/article/view/17
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description This article focuses on the exploration of behavioural deficits that are manifested by the traditional male circumcision (TMC) initiates of the contemporary epoch. A qualitative research approach amid an exploratory and descriptive design followed by interpretivism paradigm was applied. A purposive sampling technique of non-probability sampling method was used. The in-depth interviews and focus group discussions were used as data collection methods. Cala and Mdantsane were selected as research domains because of their involvement in the practice of TMC. Thematic analysis effected through coding was used to analyse data. The findings revealed that contemporary TMC initiates embrace negative teachings in the initiation school that fails to meet societal moral and ethical expectations, such as the preponderance of violence and abuse of alcohol. It also showed non-compliance to the moral code and cultural goalposts by the contemporary TMC initiates. Furthermore, this study recommends for policies to ensure that the rite achieves its sociocultural objective amid the training of traditional nurses and surgeons to astutely manage the rite.
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spelling doaj.art-4c587520646b4e47bfda54aaf2ddc01b2023-07-03T14:05:36ZengAOSISInkanyiso2077-28152077-83172022-12-01141e1e810.4102/ink.v14i1.1725Behaviours of traditional male circumcision initiates of Cala and Mdantsane, South AfricaAphiwe Mpateni0Simon Murote Kang’ethe1Department of Social Work/Social Development, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Fort Hare, East LondonDepartment of Social Work and Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Social Science and Law, Walter Sisulu University, MthathaThis article focuses on the exploration of behavioural deficits that are manifested by the traditional male circumcision (TMC) initiates of the contemporary epoch. A qualitative research approach amid an exploratory and descriptive design followed by interpretivism paradigm was applied. A purposive sampling technique of non-probability sampling method was used. The in-depth interviews and focus group discussions were used as data collection methods. Cala and Mdantsane were selected as research domains because of their involvement in the practice of TMC. Thematic analysis effected through coding was used to analyse data. The findings revealed that contemporary TMC initiates embrace negative teachings in the initiation school that fails to meet societal moral and ethical expectations, such as the preponderance of violence and abuse of alcohol. It also showed non-compliance to the moral code and cultural goalposts by the contemporary TMC initiates. Furthermore, this study recommends for policies to ensure that the rite achieves its sociocultural objective amid the training of traditional nurses and surgeons to astutely manage the rite.https://inkanyisojournal.org/index.php/ink/article/view/17moralsbehaviourculturetraditional male circumcision (tmc)a rite of passage.
spellingShingle Aphiwe Mpateni
Simon Murote Kang’ethe
Behaviours of traditional male circumcision initiates of Cala and Mdantsane, South Africa
Inkanyiso
morals
behaviour
culture
traditional male circumcision (tmc)
a rite of passage.
title Behaviours of traditional male circumcision initiates of Cala and Mdantsane, South Africa
title_full Behaviours of traditional male circumcision initiates of Cala and Mdantsane, South Africa
title_fullStr Behaviours of traditional male circumcision initiates of Cala and Mdantsane, South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Behaviours of traditional male circumcision initiates of Cala and Mdantsane, South Africa
title_short Behaviours of traditional male circumcision initiates of Cala and Mdantsane, South Africa
title_sort behaviours of traditional male circumcision initiates of cala and mdantsane south africa
topic morals
behaviour
culture
traditional male circumcision (tmc)
a rite of passage.
url https://inkanyisojournal.org/index.php/ink/article/view/17
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