RE: source? -
09-07-2006, 12:08 PM
>Hi guys, I just came accross this article... what are your
>thoughts?
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>Many stories credit Africa with producing the Amazons.
>Beginning in the 18th century and continuing throughout the
>19th century, there was an all woman army maintained by the
>King of Dahomey (West Africa).
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>There are at least 33 different cultures in Africa (From the
>Yoruba in Northern Nigeria and the Barenda of the Northern
>Transvaal, to the Kamba of East Africa) where marriages
>between women are recognized. Academics are quick to deny that
>lesbianism has any role in such arrangements despite
>considerable evidence to the contrary.
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>One study on homosexuality in Africa indicates that of 78
>cultures, with little contact with Western values, 49 approved
>of or at least tolerated homosexuality. This may indicate that
>homophobia (NOT homosexuality) is a Western colonial import.
direct us to your source.
for all we care this could have been written up in a public toilet somewhere in LA by boy george. show us the evidence na uwache kuropoka ovyo ovyo.
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