South African rap group Die Antword has released a new video for their track Evil Boy, and it has kicked up a huge cloud of controversy in North America.
Where at first glance, this strange and highly stylized piece of videography may seem anti-gay and gratuitously vulgar, it is actually the first stand against a social issue in Africa which has received far too little attention: Genital mutilation in young African men.
The tradition is a right of passage into manhood, and is essentially an unsterilized circumcision performed with a ceremonial blade; no anesthetic is used. The procedure is highly dangerous, and has unnecessarily claimed the lives of many young African men. The tragedy is that should any of these boys refuse to undergo the ordeal, they are exiled from their own tribe and dubbed an 'evil boy'.
Enjoy the video...
~Jocelyne
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