Start with what you want to know

Five ways into the subject, whether you’re researching, curious, or from a community where the practice is part of growing up.

Where the practice comes from, who teaches it, and the meanings attached to it in each community.

How the practice travels with families to Europe, North America and beyond — and how it changes.

Symbolism, womanhood, marriage and the role of aunts and elders in passing knowledge on.

Clear information on about the practice of labia stretching to learn what its about and why its practiced.

First-person accounts — positive, critical and in between — shared with consent.

Where the practice is found

Labia elongation is most documented in East, Central and Southern Africa. Choose a region to see what’s known.

Great Lakes Central & South-East Africa Southern Africa Diaspora