[GeronL]

At least a quarter of girls in some parts of Africa are raped before they become adults.

This is not even about them “having sex”. This is about rape culture. 25% of men in South Africa admitted to being rapists according to some press reports.

[Tax-chick]

See my posts catching up with yours. You are correct, the culture of forced sex for girls in Africa is transnational, cross-culture, transreligious.

Is it "rape" if it's simply understood that girls provide sexual services to boys/men? That's an open question in the US today.