Female Genital Mutilation is an act of barbarism which should be eradicated. It often brings a shocking death to innocent female children who are forced to undergo this inhumane practice which Africans know as rite of passage.

The huts were thatched with mud
They were cleaned and decorated
They were filled with laughter
As jubilant women danced inside

Everybody was happy except Amina
She was an Eight-year-old child
She knew what women wanted to do
She was gripped by fear and terror

Amina was forced to sit on a mat
Two women pulled her legs apart
Another woman worked at her genitals
Amina's private parts were cut across

Ruthless hands inhumanely mutilated her
She was stitched with a silk thread
Amina started bleeding so excessively
Every attempt to save the child failed

The little girl passed away on the spot
The merry day had become a mournful day
Many a child had been lost this way
Rite of passage is a big cultural wrong
Let us all eradicate this evil practice