Jemani Kone

Jemani Kone was cut as a small child but old enough to remember. She believes that the practice is an important part of life.

A handful of girls within the community describe one woman, a trusted relative, asking that they follow her to an isolated place.

“There were many women present,” she remembered. “My mother was among them. They lay you down. The area in your front—they cut it. They use a small knife to work.”

From the album

WE ARE CALLED ONE BY ONE