Why are the initiates secluded for a period of time in traditional African communities?

      

Explain why the initiates are secluded for a period of time in traditional African communities.

  

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Maurice
(i) The isolation is rebirth from childhood to adulthood.

(ii) It promotes social interaction and the formation of age-set system.

(iii) To learn the secrets of the community.

(iv) To facilitate the healing process of the initiates.

(v) To teach them moral values.

(vi) To facilitate proper feeding for them.

(vii) To enable them to adjust to the new independent life.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on July 8, 2017 at 13:21


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