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Senegal Curbs a Bloody Rite for Girls and Women

SARE HAROUNA, Senegal — When Aissatou Kande was a little girl, her family followed a tradition considered essential to her suitability to marry. Her clitoris was sliced off with nothing to dull the pain. [+info]

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Tostan: Futa, It Is Time To Talk

Futa, It Is Time To Talk (Fuuta, Le Temps Est Venu D’en Parler) Harouna, a young Fulani from northern Senegal, is upset by the death of a close friend who died from the health consequences of undergoing female genital cutting

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