This article attempts to place Nyau, a dance form, a men's association, and a ritual system among the Chewa of central Malawi, in the context of contemporary (1983-86) rural Malawi. Deriving from ...
YOUNG boys undergoing initiation for Nyau (zvigure) dancing are sometimes sodomised as punishment if they fail the test or misbehave during training, a Chivhu court heard on Friday. This was revealed ...
MANY people wonder what the Gure culture is all about. Nyau culture is a secret society of the Chewa, a tribe of the Bantu people from Central and Southern Africa who observe a series of secret ...