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Usually one and sometimes both twins were killed, or the breech-born child. Such a woman was ritually suspect forever after; priests as well as others feared to touch her or to eat food she prepared.

  • Source: Ottenberg, Simon. Double descent in an African society: the Afikpo village-group. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1968.
  • Culture: Igbo
  • Location: Africa