Listening to African Voices - FPZ

8.2. Question list for key informants: African community members[Possible introductory question: what traditional practices are common in your community?/ Whichtraditions do people from our community continue to practice in Germany and which traditions aredifficult to be done here?]1. What do you know about people from ___________ (fill in respective country)/ our country? Andabout girls and women in particular? Are they more from rural or urban areas? From whatethnic groups and from what regions do they come from?2. What sources do people from ________ (fill in respective country) use to get information onwhat is going on? [Probe for different sources such as media (radio, internet, journals as wellnetworks, afro-shops etc.]3. Have you heard of the practice of female circumcision? What do you know about it?4. For women only: have you taken part in female circumcision? How, where and whenwas it done? How do you remember it?5. What does the practice of female circumcision represent for people [from your/ our country]here in Hamburg/Germany? What do they see as advantages and disadvantages? And whatdoes it mean to you personally? [if necessary, probe for medical risks, legislation, motives,reasons etc.]6. Is it a religious practice? For Christians? For Muslims?7. Who in the family decides whether or not it is practiced?8. If families in Hamburg are in favor of the practice, how do they do it?9. In your opinion, is it possible to abandon the practice of female circumcision? If yes, howwould you recommend doing this in Hamburg? How and by whom could the peopleof your community be reached and convinced?10. What do women do to go through pregnancy and where do women go withgynecological problems?Listening to African Voices 101