Eric Aniva
In remote parts of Malawi, the title "hyena" is used to refer to the "clean" African elder brother. Eric Aniva is one of the most technologically advanced hyenas in the village.
If a woman had just died, she would have to pay Eric to sleep with her to bury her husband. If a woman has a miscarriage, ask Eric to come over and give her a "clean".
The biggest loss was that the village girl had to carry a gun for three days after her first visit to her aunt, transforming them from a girl into a woman.
The villagers believe that if the girls refuse, the disease and disaster will befall their families, even the whole village.
"Most of the girls I slept in were still at school. Some are twelve or thirteen, but I prefer older ones. These girls feel good about me. They'll be proud to tell people I'm a real man because I know how to make them comfortable.
After listening to his boast, the reporter interviewed several girls in the village, but they showed their ruthlessness to Eric's show and showed their disgust for the "cleanliness".
"I can't resist. I can only accept this for my parents." "If I refuse, my family may get sick and even die. I'm scared," Maria told reporters.
They told reporters that all their best friends were "cleaned" by hyenas.
The 40-something African brother claims to have slept through 104 women, but he probably hasn't done so in a long time, because that's what he said in a local newspaper in 2012. There are about 10 people in this area who are just as clean as he is, and they are in every village, and every time they work, they get $4 to $7.
The elderly women in the village are the defenders of this tradition. Each year they will be a group of adolescent girls to tents, education as a wife's duties, and how to please her husband in bed, and then let "hyenas" to be "clean". These activities are often arranged by their parents. "It is important to keep the girls' parents and villages away from disease," the women said.
Journalists tell them that these "clean" activities are more at risk because hyenas can't be worn at work. But the old women say their hyenas are the best of all, and they won't get AIDS.
Given the specificity of "hyenas", the risk of HIV transmission in villages is high. The United Nations estimates that one in ten people in Malawi are carriers of the virus. When the reporter asked Eric if he was HIV positive, he admitted that he was, and didn't tell the parents who hired him.
Some education parents have chosen not to hire hyenas for their daughters, but the village women remain unmoved.
In this remote village, reporters meet Eric's two wives. Fanny gave birth to a two-year-old daughter, who was also the widow of Eric's "cleaning" and soon married.
Their relationship seemed tense. Sitting next to Eric, she timidly admitted that she hated her husband's job, but it would bring the necessary income to the family. Asked if Fanny would like her 2-year-old daughter to "clean up" after 10 years, she replied:
"No, on the contrary, I hope this tradition will draw a line. We had no choice but to be forced to clean, which was terrible for our women.