Mudoko dako
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Amudoko dako(also known asmudoko daka[1]ordano mulokere[2]) is aneffeminatemale who is considered byLangisociety to be a different gender, though were mostly treated as woman among the Langi inUganda.Mudoko dakoalso could be found among theTesoand theKaramojan people.[1]Recognition of themudoko dakocan be traced back prior tocolonialism in Africa.[3]
Mudoko dakowas considered an "alternative gender status" and were able to marry men with no social sanctions.[1]The word,dako,in theLango languagemeans "woman".[4]In his work,The Lango: A Nilotic Tribe of Uganda(1923), anthropologistJack Herbert Dribergdescribes themudoko dakopeople among the Langi. Driberg describes how men, known asJo ApeleorJo Aboich,go on to becomemudoko dako,dressing in the manner of women and taking on women's traditional roles.[5]Driberg even observedmudoko dakosimulatingmenstruation.[5]
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- ^Conner, Randy P.; Sparks, David Hatfield (2014).Queering Creole Spiritual Traditions: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Participation in African-Inspired Traditions in the Americas.Routledge. p. 37.ISBN9781317712817.
- ^DeJong, Christina; Long, Eric (2014)."The Death Penalty as Genocide: The Persecution of 'Homosexuals' in Uganda".In Peterson, Dana; Panfil, Vanessa R. (eds.).Handbook of LGBT Communities, Crime, and Justice.Springer. p. 345.ISBN9781461491880.
- ^Curley, Richard T. (1974).Ceremonial Change in Lango, Uganda.University of California Press. pp. 148–149.ISBN978-0520021495.
- ^abDriberg, Jack Herbert (1923).The Lango: A Nilotic Tribe of Uganda.T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. p. 236.OCLC2501700.