“One miner at Robinson Deep Mines, Daniel, [...] claims that as an induna or "boss boy", he had sought the company of a "girlfriend", that is, a young Basotho man, because he was not authorized to go in town to "see women". However, when he got special permission to leave the mining complex, he recalls with barely suppressed emotion that, during such leaves, he would soon long to be reunited with his "boy-wife". He and his peers claimed that "[they] loved them better" and preferred them over the experienced (female) city streetwalkers.” Homosexuality In AfricaBoy WifeMining Wife Book:Out in Africa: Same-Sex Desire in Sub-Saharan Literatures and Cultures Source: Out in Africa: Same-Sex Desire in Sub-Saharan Literatures and Cultures