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07/09/2004:

"Africa's daughters: Genital mutilation"

Tina Rosenberg Mariam Bagayoko was a powerful and respected person in Bamako, the capital of Mali. Now she is shunned and criticized by many of her neighbors. Bagayoko used to perform what the West has come to know as female genital mutilation, a practice inflicted on more than 90 percent of girls in Mali.

Full Article : iht.com





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