Title: Born in the Big Rains
Description: Fadumo's childhood ends at seven when an "excisor" cuts out her "impurity", i.e., she undergoes FGM. Beset with infections, she moves in with her uncle, brother of Somalia's president. Eventually in Germany, Fadumo builds a new life.
Subjects: Fiction, Female circumcision, Somalis, Women, africa, Africa, social life and customs, Germany, biography, Women, biography
Places: Africa, FGM, African