Mokwakwa: The boy's rough game
Friday, October 06, 2023 | 720 Views |
Sometimes mokwakwa provided entertainment to the villagers although it often rubbed some the wrong way, especially those chased out of the territory. It was through this somewhat outlandish game that boys were able to defend their territory by ensuring that after the meeting, no strangers hanged around longer in their area than it was necessary.
It was a quick way of removing all possible threats including boys from other areas taking the territory’s girls. Usually during street soccer games there were gifted boys who would shine and received more cheers from the territory’s girls and thereby raising fears of the area boys losing their partners.
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