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      <div style="clear:both;"></div>Yesterday, I got a request from a friend. She wanted me to assist her with some money. Quite a normal question to seemingly rich people in Kenya. My friend's son was to go into the forest for a month, together with more young boys and old men they walk, talk and sleep in the forest. During this 'test' the boys will be circumcised. After a month the nine year old comes out as a 'man'. "Then I am not allowed anymore to send me to the kitchen for helping me", she said laughing.<div style="clear:both; padding-bottom: 0.25em;"></div>
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