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After the group meeting in Mannekunda, Basse
(Amie and Ylva on the left, alkalo on far right).
The elder man in white in the front row told me:
“This may be a women’s affair, but it affects us
men, as well. One of my wives took our daughter
back to her mother’s house to be circumcised. The
girl died. We didn’t use to know the bad effects.”
Former circumciser (next to Ylva) was given seed
money to start a soap business; she says people have
stopped even trying to bring girls to her to cut.
Amie Bojang-Sissoho and Oustass Fayinke in his
compound in Basse.
Amie explained about the unique support Fayinke
has been giving them: “He is not only knowledgeable
in the Qu’ran, but has a deep understanding about
social psychology.”
Oustass Fayinke, Basse.
“Things have changed a lot in the last ten years. When the real truth
is revealed, there can be no argument. There is no religious scholar
in the URR who will sit down and argue this issue with me.”
Oustass Fayinke, Basse.
“Things have changed a lot in the last ten years. When the real truth
is revealed, there can be no argument. There is no religious scholar
in the URR who will sit down and argue this issue with me.”
Trekk lodging (a government guesthouse in Basse).
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