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When Nice Leng'ete was eight years old, she was to be circumcised. Then, according to Maasai tradition, she would be a woman and ready for marriage. But she begged her grandfather to postpone and set about persuading the village elders to drop the practice.

Image: Nice Leng'ete
Credit: Amref Health Africa

Published on Tuesday, 23rd January 2018.

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