By Elimu Assistant Team 
The Importance of Initiation Rites in Africa Traditional communities
- Promote the youth into adulthood
- Provided a learning forum for the youth to know the society’s ideal ideals.
- Used as a method of preserving between the initiates and the sponsor/age sets.
- Used as a method of preserving the society’s cultural heritage.
- Enhanced a bond friendship/unity among the initiates
- It made one a full member of the community / created a sense of belonging
- One had the right to own property/ marry
- Created a strong relationship between the initiates and sponsors/age sets.
