{UAH} How a Gambian manhood ceremony helps turn London boys into men

Black Boys, Including African Boys In The UK have found it more difficult than girls to achieve their full potential. There are many reasons for this, but the main ones seem to be the absence of a male father figure in the home, and secondly the diminishing role of the man as the head of the household as women have become more empowered and got education and good jobs. and reduced or even cut off their dependence on men.. Government policy has also further reduced the role of the man by channelling most social welfare benefits through the mother of a child, and not the father. In many African communities, there are attempts to send boys back home to spend time in Africa so that they can pick up some facts of life and of male-hood that they simply can not get in the UK. 

THEGUARDIAN.COM

How a Gambian manhood ceremony helps turn London boys into men

When Davis Williams went to the Gambia, he saw boys undergoing a formal ceremony celebrating manhood. He now uses the idea to help boys from African and Caribbean families in London

 

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