Her maternal relatives compelled her to join the Sande bush, an incident she recalls vividly. She entered the Sande bush for the Female Genital Mutilation on March 13 and left April 1, 2019. FGM is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all external a female genitalia, a practice observed throughout Liberia. Sarah cannot recall how the work was done by the traditional leaders but noticed the mark after she has awakened. While in the Bush, Sarah and other girls slept on a rag in the hut.

Source: Front Page Africa April 30, 2019 03:44 UTC