CMNF in Nigeria
In the past, CMNF (Clothed Male, Naked Female) was also spread in many parts of Africa, mainly in West and Central Africa and, among others, in Nigeria. I have already written here about indigenous tribes in South America, mainly in northwestern Amazonia, but similar customs in the past were widespread among indigenous tribes in other parts of the world, for example in Africa. I recently read an article about Nigeria, I will not link to the article, because of a photo that violates forum rules and shows naked children. The article states that even in the middle of the 20th century, children of both sexes walked around naked in many parts of Nigeria, but not only children. Pubescent and adolescent girls and adult women also walked naked. While adult men and grown boys were already walking around dressed. In several areas of Nigeria, men walked around dressed in tunics, while women were completely naked or had only a few ornaments on their bodies that did not cover anything. For examle waist-ornaments, that not covers genitals. This is confirmed, for example, by the photos of the British army doctor and photographer Dr Joseph Denfield, who worked in the 1940s as a British army doctor in Nigeria and who photographed the natives. Many of the photographs he took are of naked women, many of them pregnant.
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