Kunyaza
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An ancestral sexual technique from Rwanda, Burundi, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and western parts of Uganda and Tanzania, called "Kunyaza", is described as enabling women to experience multiple orgasms and ejaculation.[1]
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- Great Lakes region of East Africa
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Key facts and history
Folk tradition suggests it dates back to the Third Dynasty rule, when a queen chose a guard who failed to penetrate her but gave her satisfaction by rubbing his penis against her labia and clitoris.[2] In Uganda the regular term is kakyabali, often transliterated kachabali, or "Western Jazz" in slang.[3] A formulated version was introduced to the Western public in books by Rwandan traditional medicine specialist Nsekuye Bizimana in 2005 and 2008.[4] Rwanda is the country where kunyaza is typically regarded as a customary practice.[2]
Kenya saw the practice gain traction via social media platforms during the 2010s.[5] A Hong Kong publisher released a Chinese version of Bizimana's book in 2010.[4]
What the cited sources add
Nsekuye Bizimana, head of a kunyaza research institute, described the method as involving intense stimulation of the woman's sexual organ and stated it is more demanding for the man to perform cunnilingus than kunyaza.[1] Bizimana claimed that kunyaza can prove effective on excised women, as he interviewed excised women who confirmed the method works for them.[1] Michela Fusaschi's 2012 article notes that kunyaza is a male technique of clitoral stimulation where the man taps the clitoris with his penis, and that according to female informants it allows women to "make a lot of water" (amazi).[6] Fusaschi also reports that contemporary doctor Nsekuye Bizimana does not mention gukuna, the female labia elongation technique, but only kunyaza, which he describes as an effective male technique for triggering female orgasm.[6]
Cosmopolitan magazine recommended kunyaza as a non-penetrative heterosexual practice for women to achieve sexual pleasure, citing Dr. Kate Lister's description of the man rhythmically striking the clitoral glands with his erect penis.[7][8] A May 2020 BBC World Service documentary, part of The Documentary Podcast series "Life Changes" and titled "The Orgasm Gap", investigated kunyaza as a practice centered on female sexual pleasure; however, the reporters expressed unease upon learning that labia elongation is a related cultural tradition.[9][10]
References
- Kunyaza, the secret to female orgasm, AfrikNews, 30 July 2008. facts only, no text reused. afrik-news.com
- Wikipedia, "Kunyaza" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Matthew Stein, "Kunyara", AskMen (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kunyaza" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Plaisirs croisés : gukuna-kunyaza. Missions, corps et sexualités dans le Rwanda contemporain, Michela Fusaschi, Genre, sexualité & société, Autumn 2012; Culture of Pulling - Weddings in Uganda (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kunyaza" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kunyaza, the secret to female orgasm, AfrikNews, 30 July 2008; 商務印書館, "非洲慾經", cp1897.com.hk (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kunyaza" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kunyaza, the secret to female orgasm, AfrikNews, 30 July 2008; Oxlund, "Studying Intimate Matters: Engaging Methodological Challenges in Studies on Gender, Sexuality and Reproductive Health in sub-Saharan Africa", Fountain Publishers, 2011, p. 103; New sex craze that has Nairobi women begging for more, Standard Digital News, 23 March 2015; Former TV Presenter Offers Sex Advice To Kenyan Ladies , Nairobi Wire, 9 June 2014 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Plaisirs croisés : gukuna-kunyaza. Missions, corps et sexualités dans le Rwanda contemporain, Michela Fusaschi, Genre, sexualité & société, Autumn 2012. facts only, no text reused. gss.revues.org
- Gulla, "Non penetrative sex ideas that are just as pleasurable (if not more!)", 29 May 2024. facts only, no text reused. cosmopolitan.com
- Wikipedia, "Kunyaza" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gulla, "Non penetrative sex ideas that are just as pleasurable (if not more!)", 29 May 2024 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kunyaza" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Orgasm Gap", The Documentary Podcast, 30 May 2020 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "The Orgasm Gap", The Documentary Podcast, 30 May 2020. facts only, no text reused. bbc.co.uk
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