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Most societies in Africa are patriarchal in nature. Traditional Africa has allocated the role of nurturing, and ensuring the health of the family and the community as a whole to women. From the age of six, girls begin to work with their mothers, cleaning, sweeping, nursing and caring for the younger children, the aged and the sick. Therefore, the female child is customarily socialized as the custodian...