Moolaadé (“magical protection”) is a 2004 film by the Senegalese writer and director Ousmane Sembène. It addresses the subject of female genital mutilation, a common practice in a number of African countries, from Egypt to Nigeria. The film was a co-production between…
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I will never be cut’: Kenyan girls fight back against genital mutilation
Nancy is a Kenyan girl about to face a brutal passage to womanhood. Narrated by Angela Griffin. This video is one of a series of investigative documentaries about poverty, commissioned and editorially controlled by Guardian Films, produced in association with…
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