Maale people
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The Maale people, (also spelled Male and pronounced Maa-lee), are a small ethnic group located in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region at the border between north and south Omo of Ethiopia.[1][2]
Culture
They have a gender role called ashtime. These are male assigned at birth individuals who behave as women and also have sex with men.[3]
References
- ↑ Van Aswegen, Jacobus. 2008. Language Maintenance and Shift in Ethiopia: The Case of Maale. MA thesis, University of South Africa
- ↑ D.H. Shinn, T.P. Ofcansky, C. Poutry: Historical dictionary of Ethiopia. 2004. Scarecrow Press. USA
- ↑ Epprecht, Marc. Heterosexual Africa?: The History of an Idea from the Age of Exploration to the Age of AIDS, p.61-62
