Abolish negative African cultural practices - Scholars
(WorldNews Africa)

African scholars, with background in law and social issues, have called on leaders to help abolish negative cultural practices. They said practices such as widowhood rites, succession laws, Polygamy, `Trokosi (females sent to shrines to atone for ancestral sins),` among others were against human rights and must be dealt with. Dr Ruth Murambadoro of the Centre for Sexualities, AIDS and Gender-University of Pretoria, South Africa was reacting to an address delivered by Nana Dr Susubiribi Krobea Asante, Chairman at the opening of a socio-legal...