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In Swaziland, Science Revives an Old Rite

MBABANE, Swaziland -- For 150 years, Swazi men such as Howard Mlondolozi Dlamini honored the wishes of a long-dead king who, fearing for the readiness of his young troops, banned the time-consuming rituals of circumcision that mark the arrival of adulthood throughout much of Africa.
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By Craig Timberg