Kenya: Citizens Speak Out Against Widow-Cleansing Tradition

25 April 2017

Nyanza, Kenya - In parts of Kenya tradition dictates that a widow is inherited by another man, usually a relative.

Before that happens, however, she first has to engage in so-called widow-cleansing rituals which can include a sexual act with another man.

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