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What traditional African homosexuality learned from West
Homosexuality has a long history in Africa, says anthropologist Patrick Awondo, contrary to the claims of politicians who consider it a recent Western import.
But Awondo acknowledged in an interview last month that two key elements in the debate over homosexuality in Africa did come from the West — first, colonial-era laws against homosexual activities and, more recently, the establishment of groups opposing discrimination against gays, lesbians and transgender people.
“Homosexuality has always existed, but some of the current forms of gay self-identification and gay activism originated elsewhere,” he said.
Awondo was in Cameroon last month to help lead a training session on HIV/AIDS.
Citing historical records of homosexual practices in Africa, Awondo mentioned evidence of same-sex sexual relationships in Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso and Benin.
It is helpful for Africans to know about ancient practices such as Mossi kings’ sexual relations with their pages and marriages between women in Dahomey, he said.
“Knowing historical truths lets us avoid unhistorical lies,” he said.
Awondo has a doctorate in political sociology and medical anthropology from the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris. A translation of his interview with Cameroonian journalist Eric O. Lembembe appears below.
Lembembe is a leader of the Cameroonian Foundation For AIDS (CAMFAIDS), an association with the goal of promoting and protecting human rights.
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“Sugarcane”
Location: Nkolbisson, Yaoundé in Cameroon
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My country and what used to be one of my favorite snacksya’ll don’t know about this sugarcane!!
I tested Walmart’s brand of bottled water and I was shocked to see they sell the most toxic water ever. I tested for Total Dissolved Solids using a TDS meter and the number I got was 271. THAT IS THE MOST TOXIC WATER I HAVE EVER SEEN. Even NYC tap water TDS score is 39. Poland Spring is 42. The water is not even drinkable. I think it’s Criminal to even make profits from selling this water filled with sodium fluoride and who knows what else is in that. 500 ppm (parts per million) is the EPA Maximum but even though the FDA is corrupt their recommended is 000, which is pure.
THE ONLY BOTTLED WATER THAT READS 000 IS DUANEreade/Walgreens ‘NICE’ branded water.
PLEASE SHARE THIS INFO ALONG.- anonymousDamn wally mart… Damn… :/
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And I drunk that water all summer…..I’m surprised I’m not dead yet
This person says “the only” as if they’ve tested every bottled water ever, and I doubt that. What about Essentia, Evamor, Iceland? I guess they mean the big common brands? Anyway, you do indeed need to watch your water sources if possible. Distilled is always better than Spring, as far as I know.
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