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Momome

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Momome
ritual
Ethnic groupAkan people Sesa mu
ContinentAfrica(Ebibirim) Sesa mu
CountryGhana Sesa mu
Located in the administrative territorial entityAshanti Region Sesa mu

Momome yɛ ɔbaa ho ahosiesie ho amambra ma Akanfokuw binom mu wɔ nsɛ Ghana na Ivory Coast.[1] Dɛm amambra yi botae nye dɛ nkyɛ wɔdze tsew kurow noho fi haw a ɔreba ho Kan no nna wɔyɛ dɛm amambra dze siw ko a ano naaso mfe ha eduonu nye yi a ɔakɔ sor wɔ haw ber mu, yarba na owu fa etsitsir a ɔabɔ hɔnho mbɔdzen wɔ ahendze ne ngyinae mu.[1][2]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Boni, Stefano (2008). "Female Cleansing of the Community. The Momome Ritual of the Akan World". Cahiers d'études africaines (in French). 192 (4): 765–790. doi:10.4000/etudesafricaines.15502. hdl:11380/608559. ISSN 0008-0055.
  2. Grillo, Laura (2018-10-19). "Genies, Witches, and Women: Locating Female Powers". An Intimate Rebuke: Female Genital Power in Ritual and Politics in West Africa. Duke University Press. doi:10.1215/9781478002635-003. ISBN 978-1-4780-0263-5.