Oshiwambo ShookukuMoshinkoti shookuku
Status not stated

Initiation of girls

Efundula / olufuko

Before marriage, grown girls enrol for efundula at Namunganga’s house, accompanied by their mothers. The ceremony runs over four named days. The full sequence stays with the author’s text.

Who
Girls before marriage, their mothers, Namunganga
When
Before marriage, over four days
Where
Namunganga’s homestead
Why
To prepare girls for marriage and adult life.
The author’s paper does not say whether this is still practised today, so no status is shown.

Summarised from Professor Petrus Angula Mbenzi’s Oshiwambo rituals and ceremonies.

This is a doorway, not the full account. The complete description stays with Professor Petrus Angula Mbenzi until he releases it. Read it in his books.