If “Moonlight” had been about male circumcision in South Africa, it might look a lot like “The Wound.” Like Barry Jenkins’ hit film, the official South African submission to the Foreign Language Oscar ...

“The Wound” is a conscientious first feature from South African director John Trengove that is based around a male initiation ritual in the Xhosa culture called “ukwaluka,” which begins with ...

John Trengove’s debut feature, 'The Wound,' explores masculinity and repressed sexuality through an outsider’s experience of a South African initiation ritual. By Sheri Linden Senior Copy Editor/Film ...

Traditional rite-of-passage ceremonies in South Africa left 32 boys dead and more than 150 hospitalised, local authorities said Tuesday, as the annual initiation season drew to a close. Most of the ...

"Spectacular Display: The Art of Nkanu Initiation Rituals" includes carved wall panels, masks in wood and fiber, and sculptures in the round, used in the initiation rites of the Nkanu peoples of ...

"Yaka masks make their appearance only during the lengthy initiation ceremonies that are performed for boys. The initiation (n'khanda) prepares them for social adulthood and is designed to safeguard ...

The 23 - aged between 13 and 21 - died in various places across the country's northeastern Mpumalanga province over the course of a week. "We have opened 22 cases of murder and one of inquest," ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - More than 20 South African boys have died over the past week during coming of age rituals, police said on Thursday, and they blamed botched circumcisions as the likely cause ...

"The Wound" Q&A with Director John Trengove, Producer Cait Pansegrouw, and Lead Actor Niza Jay Ncoyini held at the Landmark Theatre and hosted by The Wrap./Ted Soqui If “Moonlight” had been about male ...

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