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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Sarah Johnson

‘I felt extreme anger’: the FGM survivor ending abuse and giving a voice to girls in Senegal

Writer and activist Woppa Diallo works on a laptop
‘My organisation is part of the community’: writer and activist Woppa Diallo. Photograph: Courtesy of Woppa Diallo

When Woppa Diallo was 12, her aunt took her to visit a family friend in a village in northern Senegal. As she entered the house, a girl walked past in tears. Diallo was led into a room where there was nothing but a fruit bowl with blades in it.

“When I saw that, I knew this woman wasn’t a friend. She trapped me and held me down. She had already closed the door,” she remembers.

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