An HIV-infected man in his 40s has told how he makes a living by being paid to have sex with children.
Eric Aniva, pictured above, who would not reveal his exact age, lives in the Nsanje district of southern Malawi where he works a sex worker.
His work - known as a "hyena" - is embedded into the sacred traditions of his village.
There, young women are regularly "cleansed" by having sex with a hyena, sometimes as punishment for an offence such as having an abortion.
But for locals a hyena's main duty is overseeing a coming-of-age ritual, where girls take part in sex over a three-day period after their first menstruation.
Eric Aniva, pictured above, who would not reveal his exact age, lives in the Nsanje district of southern Malawi where he works a sex worker.
His work - known as a "hyena" - is embedded into the sacred traditions of his village.
There, young women are regularly "cleansed" by having sex with a hyena, sometimes as punishment for an offence such as having an abortion.
But for locals a hyena's main duty is overseeing a coming-of-age ritual, where girls take part in sex over a three-day period after their first menstruation.
















