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£10.99 paperback (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781472275844 | ISBN 10: 1472275845
An inspirational story of one girl who changed the minds of her elders, reformed traditions from the inside, and is creating a better future for girls and women throughout Africa.Â
Born in a remote village in Kenya, Nice Leng'ete saw the young ... more
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£9.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781786993069 | ISBN 10: 1786993066
Nawal El Saadawi has been pilloried, censored, imprisoned and exiled for her refusal to accept the oppressions imposed on women by gender and class. For her, writing and action have been inseperable and this is reflected in some of the most evocative ... more
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£8.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780349005980 | ISBN 10: 0349005982
From the bestselling author of Desert Flower: the true story of saving a young girl from FGM.
Waris Dirie, the Somalia nomad who became a supermodel, and an anti-FGM activist, first came to the world's attention with the publication of her a ... more
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£26.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781569023327 | ISBN 10: 1569023328
In 2006, a suburban Atlanta jury convicted Khalid Misri Adem, a 31-year-old Ethiopian immigrant, of two counts of aggravated assault and cruelty to children for allegedly circumcising his daughter when she was two years old. However, the trial agains ... more
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£20.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781848139589 | ISBN 10: 1848139586
Is the practice of FGM on the rise in the UK and US? Why? What happens to religious and cultural traditions when they are taken from their context into a new, often secular, state? Women, Violence and Tradition is a fascinating look into the life his ... more
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£10.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780857500533 | ISBN 10: 0857500538
tells the dramatic, compulsively readable story of a woman fighting to free herself from the injustices of her culture. Fauziya Kassindja's harrowing story begins in Togo, Africa, where she enjoyed a sheltered childhood, shielded by her progressive f ... more
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£14.95 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780857490315 | ISBN 10: 0857490311
It is not possible, in Africa or elsewhere, to think about the issue of female genital mutilation (FGM) – excision – in the same way as 25 years ago. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are no longer a novelty, and increased access to i ... more
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£29.00 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9789970700196 | ISBN 10: 9970700197
Female genital mutilation is the excruciating and damaging experience that a lot of women in many cultures across Africa and in many other parts of the world suffer. Even when the women find themselves, for one reason or another, relocated in what sh ... more
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£21.99 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781592216758 | ISBN 10: 1592216757
Excising the Spirit: A Literary Analysis of Female Circumcision delves into one of the most complex issues of the modern era, female circumcision, or female genital mutilation. The issue of female circumcision catapulted into the mainstream after the ... more
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£16.99 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780955507946 | ISBN 10: 0955507944
Empathy and Rage - these words bracket a spectrum of feelings people confront when they think about the millions of women and girls who have undergone bolokoli, takhoundi, tukore, or gudni'in - names in local languages for a procedure that mutilates ... more
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£21.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780812219418 | ISBN 10: 0812219414
This volume does not focus narrowly on female circumcision as a set of ritualized surgeries sanctioned by society. Instead, the contributors explore a chain of connecting issues and processes through which the practice is being transformed in local a ... more
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£20.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781570757105 | ISBN 10: 1570757100
A study of female circumcision in Africa that considers religious and cultural beliefs.
A Kenyan woman theologian—“an insider”—examines arguments for and against the controversial practice of female circumcision. Based on her interviews with ... more
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£8.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781844082513 | ISBN 10: 1844082512
Fashion model, US ambassador and courageous spirit, Waris Dirie was born into a family of tribal desert nomads in Somalia. She told her story - enduring female circumcision at five years old; running away through the desert; being discovered by Teren ... more
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£21.50 paperback (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780801882630 | ISBN 10: 080188263x
The practice of female genital cutting, sometimes referred to as female circumcision and common in a number of African states, has attracted increasing attention in recent years and mobilized strong international opposition. While it typically produc ... more
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£24.99 paperback (2005) - ISBN 13: 9781857756937 | ISBN 10: 1857756932
This unique book will assist those who care for women and girls who have had, or are at risk of having female genital mutilation. It focuses on caring for both physical and mental needs of the vulnerable or suffering and maintains an understanding, h ... more
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£33.50 paperback (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780786421671 | ISBN 10: 0786421673
Female genital mutilation (FGM) occurs in many parts of the world, especially in Africa. It is a cultural practice thought to have been established centuries ago, though its origins appear to have been lost in the past. International efforts to elimi ... more
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£11.99 paperback (2003) - ISBN 13: 9781412005883 | ISBN 10: 1412005884
This book is primarily directed to health professionals who are not familiar with FGM - it provideds detailed instructions and recommendations reagarding prenatal care, birth and post-partum care for women who have been subjected to FGM. The a ... more
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£8.99 paperback (2001) - ISBN 13: 9781860497582 | ISBN 10: 1860497586
"Born a Somalian nomad, by the time she made it as a top model, she'd survived genital mutilation and a face-off with a tiger... She's now a UN special Ambassador. Take a cue from Waris's charm and courage."(Company)"A story that traverses continents ... more
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£32.99 paperback (2000) - ISBN 13: 9781856497732 | ISBN 10: 1856497739
This is the most extensive report currently available on the use of law and policy to address the practice of female circumcision / female genital mutilation (FC / FGM). In encouraging a pro-active governmental response to the practice, the book plac ... more
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£14.95 paperback (1998) - ISBN 13: 9781875559749 | ISBN 10: 1875559744
This is the moving photostory of a 4 year old African girl named Kadi, who is subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) in accordance with the traditions of her community. Black and white photographs document the activities of the day in which she ... more
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£9.99 paperback (1995) - ISBN 13: 9780747520221 | ISBN 10: 0747520224
Aman is the intimate first-person account of a young woman's coming-of-age in Somalia. The daughter of tribal leaders, Aman recounts her dramatic life with stark simplicity and winning candour: an innocent childhood romance with a white boy that lead ... more
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£9.99 paperback (1993) - ISBN 13: 9780099224112 | ISBN 10: 0099224119
When Alice Walker finshed writing The Color Purple she realised that she needed to tell the story of Tashi, a minor character, who had "left Africa but had taken her wound with her to America". This is Tashi's story, told in her words and the v ... more
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£3.95 paperback (1992) - ISBN 13: 9780946690909 | ISBN 10: 0946690901
Medically unnecesary and extremely painful operations are routinely carried out on babies and young girls. In their most severe forms they involve the partial to complete removal of the external female genitalia. This little known custom affects more ... more
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£26.99 paperback (1992) - ISBN 13: 9780862327019 | ISBN 10: 0862327016
Dr Koso-Thomas shows that female circumcision is not confined to the Horn of Africa, or the Muslim areas of the continent. Her study of the practice in Sierra Leone demonstrates its important role in the traditional initiation of females into both w ... more
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