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World Service,23 Jan 2018,15 mins

I Took on My Village Elders to End FGM

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When Nice Leng'ete was eight years old, she was to be circumcised. Then, according to Maasai tradition, she would be a woman and ready for marriage. But she begged her grandfather to postpone and set about persuading the village elders to drop the practice. Image: Nice Leng'ete Credit: Amref Health Africa

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