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While for a boy there was no formal recognition of the attainment of physical maturity, marriage itself marking the entry upon adult life, for a girl there was a definite break at the first menstruation. During this period she had to cook her own food and eat it alone, behind a curtain, and could not touch a boy.

• Source: Mair, Lucy Philip. An African people in the twentieth century. London: Routledge & Sons, 1934.
• Culture: Ganda
• Location: Africa