Musangwe is a bare knuckle boxing competition in South Africa. The sport is now both for entertainment purposes and the molding of young boys characters. However, Musangwe is originally a rite of passage into manhood for young boys.

According to http://www.traditionalsports.org , Traditionally women could not fight or attend, but in the modern days they have been known to do both. Women usually stay after the fights are over to clean up the blood from the fields. There is a story of the most famous Musangwe fighter, Frans Malala. This man could kill anyone with a single punch. The story says that Frans, participating in a Musangwe bout, punched and killed his opponent. To prove that the death was accidental and that he in fact was innocent, the investigating magistrate ordered him to punch a donkey. If he killed the donkey in one punch, the magistrate would believe Frans and he would be free to go….

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