# Momome

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'''Momome''' is a female cleansing ritual among some [Akan](/source/Akan_people) groups in present-day [Ghana](/source/Ghana) and [Ivory Coast](/source/Ivory_Coast). The ritual is aimed at cleansing the community from impending crisis.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Boni |first=Stefano |date=2008 |title=Female Cleansing of the Community. The Momome Ritual of the Akan World |url=https://www.cairn.info/revue-cahiers-d-etudes-africaines-2008-4-page-765.htm |journal=Cahiers d'études africaines |language=fr |volume=192 |issue=4 |pages=765–790 |doi=10.4000/etudesafricaines.15502 |issn=0008-0055|hdl=11380/608559 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> The momome ritual in the precolonial setting was held in response to wars, but in the 20th century it has been increasingly evoked in moments of crisis (illness, deposition, death) of prominent figures of the [chiefly establishment](/source/Akan_chieftaincy).<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Grillo |first=Laura |url=https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/2540/chapter/1291558/Genies-Witches-and-WomenLocating-Female-Powers |title=An Intimate Rebuke: Female Genital Power in Ritual and Politics in West Africa |date=2018-10-19 |journal= |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=978-1-4780-0263-5 |chapter=Genies, Witches, and Women: Locating Female Powers |doi=10.1215/9781478002635-003}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [Apotropaic magic](/source/Apotropaic_magic)
* [Religion in Ghana](/source/Religion_in_Ghana)
* [Religion in Ivory Coast](/source/Religion_in_Ivory_Coast)
* [Traditional African religions](/source/Traditional_African_religions)

== References ==
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Category:Akan culture
Category:Akan religion
Category:Akan language
Category:Culture of Ghana
Category:Culture of Ivory Coast
Category:Ashanti people

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