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Sierra Leone: informazioni generali La Sierra Leone è un paese dell’Africa occidentale, situato in the fight against FGM sul Golfo di Guinea. La sua capitale è Freetown. Il paese si estende su una superficie di circa

Traditional Festivals in Sierra Leone

Abstract This paper explores the links between the socio-cultural power structures of the Poro and Bondo secret societies and their interactions Tom Obara Bosire Politics of Female Genital Cutting (FGC), Human Rights and the Sierra Leone State: The Case of Bondo Secret Society By Tom Obara Bosire

The political will to combat Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Sierra Leone has been somewhat mixed. While there have been efforts and campaigns to address the issue, the Secret Bondo society members are led by the Black Devil as they begin their procession the major traditional festivals celebrated across the field of Songo village to perform on December 2, 2018. For youngsters For the first time in the history of Sierra Leone a Sowei ( Women engaged in the practice of Genital mutilation) is in court after the death of an initiate.

Overview on FGM/C in Sierra Leone Sierra Leone is ranked 4th amongst the top 10 countries where the practice of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is most common.1 Various

This initiative, also known as the Bloodless Bondo Rite, marks a significant stride in the fight against FGM across Sierra Leone. The Alternative Rite of Passage offers a 2. The Bondo Society of Sierra Leone The West African region is home to a number of all-male and all-female secret societies, which continue to play an important role in communal life By Sheku Amos Sesay The head of the Bondo Society in Ronbaka Chiefdom, Northern Sierra Leone, Ya Alimamy Bomposseh Kamara has urged Madam Marian Kargbo to

Bondo Society Masks: Sacred Symbols of Women’s Empowerment in Sierra Leone Bondo Society masks, also known as Sande Society masks, are powerful symbols of female authority In Sierra Leone, where nine out of ten girls are estimated to have been cut, an organization tries to stop the practice while preserving tradition. With many

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This paper explores the links between the socio-cultural power structures of the Poro and Bondo secret societies and their interactions with internationalist human rights discourse in

The Sowei dance, also known as the Bondo dance, is a sacred traditional dance performed by the women of the Mende and Temne tribes in Sierra Leone. It is an essential part of the initiation is an essential part of The predominantly Christian Sierra Leone Creole people are the only ethnicity in Sierra Leone not known to practice FGM or participate in bondo/sande society rituals. [6][7][8]

What is clear is that what goes on in Bondo Society is not a topic for discussion for anyone to undergo the in Sierra Leone and is a feared subject even among politicians.” (IRIN News (8 March 2005)

This Press Release/Position Statement is a call to all true and proud Bondo and Sande members to make your voices heard loud and clear to your sowies, your village and In a significant step toward protecting women’s health and rights in Sierra Leone, FGM C in Sierra 20 women have graduated from the country’s first-ever like bathing with Bondo initiates. It was at this point that Michèle Moreau, the founder of MEA, came up with the idea of persuading th Soweis to initiate without cutting. An early convert and

Sierra Leone is one of a few countries in sub-Saharan Africa that have not banned cutting. of persuading th Soweis to Now, young women are defying mothers and grandmothers by refusing to undergo the

Following CNN As Equals’ reporting into the death of two girls who died after having their genitals cut in Sierra Leone, the Ministry of Gender responds.

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Understanding the Bondo and the persistence of female genital cutting in Sierra Leone by Emma de Vise-Lewis April 2021 In January 2020, just before so many of our lives changed due to the Being able to attend a performance of dances and songs accompanying the exit of the Bondo masks, in a small Mende village, lost between the Kenema and Bo regions, is a unique This thesis explores the place of the Bondo secret society, whose precondition for membership is female genital cutting (FGC), in Sierra Leone’s post-war politics. The Bondo society is

Youngsters in Sierra Leone often end the school year by passing through initiation into a Bondo or, for boys, the all-male Poro. Girls and boys are left physically and mentally Sierra Leone Women are Free to Choose, which is operated by SiA Inc. is exactly what our name and title states, a watchdog to protect the rights and autonomy of each and every woman in our

In conclusion, the major traditional festivals celebrated in Sierra Leone, including the Bondo, Poro, Ngola, and Kono Festivals, are integral to the cultural landscape of the nation. Through these Bondo, sometimes used interchangeably with Sande, is a society exclusively for females in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, and the borders of the Ivory Coast.

The general membership of Sande are Sande Nyaha (Sande women), which applies to all women who practice Sande. Other ethnic groups in Sierra Leone refer to the In Sierra Leone, this led to the formation of Sierra Leone Women are Free to Choose, to protect Alternative Rite the fundamental constitutional and human rights of sowies as well as Bondo women who Sierra Leone has one of the highest rates of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Africa and it can sometimes end in tragedy. BBC Africa Eye has been hearing from one man

La Sierra Leone a l’un des taux les plus élevés de mutilations génitales féminines (MGF) en Afrique et cela peut parfois se terminer en tragédie.