Publisher's Synopsis
This rich and fascinating literature on Female Genital Mutilation should enable us to suit the action to the word. Mali finds itself at a decisive turning point of its history in which the socio-economic and cultural contexts are dwindling and becoming sickly. The youth has a tremendous impulse to bounce back and restore vitality to the noble fight against Female Genital Mutilation in Mali. The figures are admittedly alarming, despite the love and the passion of Joséphine TRAORE for her relentless fight against the scourge. This rich and fascinating literature on Female Genital Mutilation should enable us to suit the action to the word. Mali finds itself at a decisive turning point of its history in which the socio-economic and cultural contexts are dwindling and becoming sickly. The youth has a tremendous impulse to bounce back and restore vitality to the noble fight against Female Genital Mutilation in Mali. The figures are admittedly alarming, despite the love and the passion of Joséphine TRAORE for her relentless fight against the scourge. My acknowledgements go to all those who lent me their support through various means during this long and painstaking research work on the consequences of the practice of Female Genital Mutilation. I am deeply indebted to the National Programme for Fighting against Female Genital Mutilation; they provided a wealth of information which enabled me to write this book. This book is a digest, and a fine analysis on Female Genital Mutilation in Mali; it also highlights some harrowing testimonies of women who are victims, and die silently in suffering, and fear from being ostracized by the society or the community.In this constant fight against Female Genital Mutilation, the country needs whistle-blowers. The prospect for adopting a law banning Female Genital Mutilation divides opinion, so we have a long way to go.Such a law is absolutely necessary to put an end to this practice in Mali, or to initiate critical thinking through public debates. The youth will have to rewrite history from a new angle by making its voice heard loud and clear; the final objective is to achieve a total ban by adopting a law banning Female Genital Mutilation at the National Assembly.
