Changing practices and shifting meanings of female genital cutting among the Maasai of Arusha and Manyara regions of Tanzania Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Using mixed methods that combined participant observation and semi-structured in-depth interviews, this study looked at changing practices and shifting meanings of female genital cutting among the Maasai people in Tanzania. The findings suggest that an increasing social pressure to abandon female genital cutting has inspired the hiding of the practice, causing the actual cutting to become detached from its traditional ceremonial connotations. ...