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Volume 15, 2007 - Issue 29: Male circumcision for HIV prevention / Taking on the opposition
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“You Can Also Cut My Finger!”: Social Construction of Male Circumcision in West Africa, A Case Study of Senegal and Guinea-Bissau

Cheikh Ibrahima NiangSocial Anthropologist, Senior Lecturer and Researcher, University Cheikh Anta Diop and Coordinator of the Sahara Programme for West Africa, Dakar, Senegal E-mail: [email protected]
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Hamadou BoiroPhD student, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
Pages 22-32 | Published online: 17 May 2007

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