Series: African Issues

FGM/C in Africa and the Diaspora is a nuanced, interdisciplinary examination of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) that challenges dominant health and human-rights narratives by situating the practice within its social, ritual, and cultural contexts, and foregrounding the voices of affected communities. Few issues arouse as much controversy as female circumcision, also referred to by a variety of terms including female...