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Girls Rising MM8490

By attending an alternative Bondo ceremony that does not include genital mutilation, girls in the
Masanga, Sierra Leone community receive a free education guaranteed by Masanga Assistance
Education, a Swiss nonprofit. A woman known as the Bondo devil, a high authority in the secret society, participates in the ceremony signifying the community acceptance of this alternative rite
of passage.

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By attending an alternative Bondo ceremony that does not include genital mutilation, girls in the<br />
Masanga, Sierra Leone community receive a free education guaranteed by Masanga Assistance<br />
Education, a Swiss nonprofit. A woman known as the Bondo devil, a high authority in the secret society, participates in the ceremony signifying the community acceptance of this alternative rite<br />
of passage.

Stephanie Sinclair

Girls Rising MM8490