I know you folks on this forum love scandalous news, so here's a good one:
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38006053
Let me highlight the best parts:
Btw he'll face at most 5 years in prison. Yes, he deliberately caused the death of dozens and he'll only get 5 years. If at all.Eric Aniva was arrested in July on presidential orders after he admitted having unprotected sex with girls as young as 12 - and keeping quiet about his HIV-positive status.
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What horrifies Malawians about Aniva, who claimed in his BBC interview to have had sex with 104 women and girls, is that he did not stop his sexual practices after finding out he was HIV-positive.
what?Aniva says he was hired by the girls' relatives to take part in a sexual initiation ceremony which they believe "shakes off" the girl's childhood "dust" so that she can enter adulthood.
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Her point was echoed by Victor Mhango, head of Malawi's Centre for Human Rights Education, Advice and Assistance. "Why is it just Aniva in the dock?" he asked. "He was employed by the parents to have sex with their daughters. Where are the charges against the parents?"
WHAT?Until a few years ago, it was common practice in the district for a bereaved widow to have sex with a man three times a night for three to four nights. Often the man would be the deceased's brother, but in some cases someone from outside the immediate family, such as Aniva, would be hired to perform the act.
yea that would surely keep the former husband/wife ghost away /rolleyesThe ritual was modified, however, in the light of the HIV epidemic, and these days a married couple are supposed to act as surrogates, having sex on behalf of the bereaved. As before, they utter an oath at the point of ejaculation to prevent ill fortune arising from the death.
Never change Africa.
Kappa