| The Day Kadi Lost Part of Her Life Contributor(s): Manresa, Kim (Author), Ramos Rioja, Isabel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1875559744 ISBN-13: 9781875559749 Publisher: Spinifex Press OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1999 Annotation: .We 'meet' Kadi on the morning she is to be circumcised when she is still blissfully ignorant of what is about to happen to her. We see her at home, going about her daily chores, eating her breakfast and then accompany her on the journey to the village where the operation is to take place. Photos depict the sacrifice of a chicken as a precursor to her own circumcision and then we witness as Kadi is taken by the buankisa (circumciser), made to undress, held down and then cut. While the photographs are very confronting, they are portrayed with sensitivity and delicacy, yet evoke sadness and anger, which we hope will serve to rally readers against this practice. A prologue by Dr Olayinka Koso-Thomas, renowned for her work in Africa to end FGM, gives a context for FGM historically and now, and an explanatory text outlines what female genital mutilation actually is. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Customs & Traditions - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 392.14 |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 10.26" W x 9.76" (0.76 lbs) 50 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "The Day Kadi Lost Part of Her Life" is the moving photostory of a four-year-old girl named Kadi who is subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) in accordance with the traditions of her community. Kadi s story is typical of every little girl who lives in a community where to be loved, married and held in high esteem requires you to be genitally mutilated. Dr Olayinka Koso-Thomas" |
