![]() ![]() In my book, the protagonist and title character becomes fed up with the cultural rule that prevents a father from acknowledging his child until they have survived past two weeks of life if they do not, the mother and women of the village bury the child and it is forgotten. Part of the reason I wrote my third novel, Vuto, was to raise more awareness about these traditions. ![]() Genital mutilation, while not practiced in Malawi any longer, is still a reality for women in many other countries. Peace Corps, I was privy to what I consider some pretty outrageous customs that women were primarily forced to succumb to - puberty and birthing rites, wife inheritance. During my time in Malawi, Africa, with the U.S. If you could change one thing about our world, what would it be and why?Ī.J. The one thing I would change is the way women are treated in certain cultures. ![]() You may recall that she is the author of Queer Greer and Choice. ![]()
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