Trapped By Tradition - the Widows of Ukerewe and the Ritual They Cannot Escape

[IPS] Ukara, Tanzania -- The night after her husband was laid to rest, 24-year-old Vivian Magesa sat in the dimly lit brick-walled house, surrounded by women from her late husband's family. She had spent the past few days in mourning, wrapped in a white shroud, her head shaved as custom (…)