I was genitally mutilated at the age of ten. I was told by my late grandmother that they were taking me down to the river to perform a certain ceremony, and afterwards I would be given a lot of food to eat. As an innocent child, I was conduct like sheep to be slaughtered.
Once I entered the secret bush, I was taken to a very dark room and undressed. I was blindfolded and stripped naked. Two strong women carried me to the site for the operation. I was force to lie flat on my back by foursome strong women, two holding tight to each leg. other woman sat on my chest to prevent my velocity body from moving. A piece of cloth was forced in my mouth to stop me screaming. I was then shaved.
When the operation began, I put up a big fight. The pain was untellable and unbearable. During this fight, I was badly cut and lost blood. All those who took bulge in the operation were half drunk with alcohol. Others were dancing and singing, and wipe up of all, had stripped naked.
I was genitally mutilated with a blunt penknife.
After the operations, no mavin was allowed to aid me to walk. The stuff they put on my wound stank and was painful. These were painful times for me. Each time I wanted to urinate, I was forced to stand upright. The urine would spread over the wound and would cause fresh pain all over again. sometimes I had to force myself not to urinate for fear of the execrable pain.
I was not given any anesthetic in the operation to reduce my pain, nor any antibiotics to fight against infection. Afterwards, I hemorrhaged and became anemic. This was attributed to witchcraft. I suffered for...
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