“I had to decide between being a man who is not entirely a man, and being a dead man. I chose the former.” TraditionSouth AfricaPatriarchyManhoodCircumcisionThando Mgqolozana Book:A Man Who is Not a Man Source: A Man Who is Not a Man
“I have been lying to myself thinking that I know a man when I see one. And all those giant men who taught me what it is to be a man are also liars. Either that or you are a liar. You be the judge. There was silence. 'And just for the record, I won't leave my home in the care of a man who is not a man.” TraditionSouth AfricaPatriarchyManhoodCircumcisionThando Mgqolozana Book:A Man Who is Not a Man Source: A Man Who is Not a Man