D DAY WEY I NO GO EVER FORGET ( END FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION )

 

I dey ten years old i no know wetin dey happen around me wella, but one christmas holiday like dat wey everybody for our family come house include cousins wey i never see before, i come dey wander wetin dey happen, everybody just dey happy anyhow, i come use style ask mumsy wetin dey happen, she say dem wan celebrate my cousin wey wan marry before she go her husband side, i come dey wander which other celebration dey again cos my cousin wedding na like three months to come, she say make i no worry say i go understand soon.

Mumsy and her sisters commot go market dat day, dem buy plenty wrapper, boxes, pots and spoons and plenty plenty other fine fine things for her, i come dey wish say na me dey marry so that dem go buy my own join. One saturday morning like dat i wake dey hear person dey scream, the voice na my cousin own, as i wan go look person come touch me say make i no go, no be my turn.  Later dat day dem cook sweet rice for house with big chicken i chop tire. As holiday finish everybody go back dem house, as me and mumsy wan commot grandma call me tell me say make i be good girl o so dat good husband go come marry me like  my cousin. I no undastand wetin she mean but i smile sake of say i see the plenty fine things dem buy for her.

END FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION

           

 Female genital mutilation na one old practice wey dem dey do for girls and women dem, and na bad tin dem dey do for deir body sake of say dem dey do am with force and without permission, oyibo go call am “violation of human right” and this act don dey since 19 kolombo dat is to say since our papa papa papa dem time.  

  So according to World Health Organization (WHO) dem explain FGM for us as when person commot the outside part of our punani or when dem give you mark for dere for no reason at all, even if na doctor do am e no still good. FGM/C(Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting) na also anoda name for FGM.