In the June issue of Harper's, the magazine ran an article titled A mind dismembered: In search of the magical penis thieves. It tells the story of writer Frank Bures' trek through Nigeria in search of details about the phenomenon of magical penis loss, an syndrome where men believe witch doctors shrink their neither regions. Despite its title, the story is more about African culture and the phenomenon of culture-bound syndromes than penises. Why, that sounds like it would make interesting, useful and entertaining reading for a sophomore English class learning Buchi Emecheta's The Bride Pr...

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