By The practice is still unbelievably here, as Fatoumata Binetou Diop, a 16 year old female was said to have flee the barbaric custom of the Yola tribe in Dakar, Senegal.
Fatoumata Binetou Diop
Purported to be married to her conferred suitor at birth, Jubil waited till the age 16 to be ceremonially circumcised and then wheeled off to her long awaiting husband whom she was promised to at birth to be his wife.
The bestowed marriage to a suitor at birth, especially to one that is a relative, has been the ceremonial practice of the Yola people of Senegal, where at birth, the young female child is usually promised to a suitor whose family is expected to make the request as soon as the female child is born.
The female child is then groomed in wait for her ceremonial day. Prior to her been wheeled off to this unsolicited marriage by her family, her genitalia becomes razored in the name of the barbaric tradition of female circumcision that claims to preserve the woman’s dignity for her husband to be, and then there is a celebration that ushers her into her matrimonial domicile.
WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF FGM?
Female genital mutilation or as popularly called “Female circumcision” has serious health effects which often occur immediately after the procedure and may cause the victim a severe bleeding , genetalia infections, tetanus, paralysis of the bladder or blood poisoning, and can even result in death. HIV / AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases can also be transmitted via the use of dirty instruments.
In addition to the psychological trauma and the loss of sexual sensation, the victims often complain of long-term pain when urinating and during menstruation.
Sitting or even walking can bruise and even re-open the scar tissue due to the constant rubbing of clothing. Cysts, abscesses, bladder infections and incontinence may occur. Infertility is one of the possible long-term consequences. Sexual intercourse is often painful.
Giving birth to a child can increase bleeding and tissue cracks. The birth may take longer than usual and caesarean sections are common.
