The history of Kusakokor (Ghana): from Avatime tradition to modern practice in the XXIst century

The article is about the history of Avatime people rites of passage, which accompanied girls’ adolescence and symbolized the transition from childhood to adulthood in Avatime culture (Ghana). The full Kusakokor rite cycle (“the given cloth”) is recorded for the first time. Long ago the Avatime were looking for their place to stay through battles before leading a sedentary, peaceful lifestyle. That is why nowadays informants do not exclude the borrowing of the female rite while were living next door to other peoples on their way in the past. Unlike the male rite, Kusakokor is practiced today.