The woman shown, identified by the pseudonym as Marie, is a former “cutter.” She “cut” about five young girls a month when they were about six, but female genital mutilation (cutting) is no longer legal in Burkina Faso, a land locked West African nation about 100,000 square miles in size.

First published in the November 01, 2014, 1:17 a.m. edition

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