Female circumcision film shocks audience From: New Pittsburgh Courier | Date: May 25, 2002 | Copyright New Pittsburgh Courier May 25, 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

NIGERIA--"A woman who is not circumcised is a dog and in the olden days was a slave," declares Stella Omorogie, a well-known Nigerian traditional female circumciser.

Omorogie, wielding a sharp knife and the other crude and unsterilized instruments of her trade, is the protagonist of a 90-minute documentary film entitled "Uncut--Playing with life."

It was produced as part of a campaign to eradicate genital mutilation in Nigeria, and recently premiered in Lagos before a shocked audience of 300 people, mainly women.

In one harrowing scene a screaming young bride is spreadeagled and pinioned by ...

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