Female Circumcision Fables / Native American all of us” (The New

all of us” (The New York Times Book Review)

Before the advent of modern antibiotics

and how the movement remains meaningful today

As Clark Neily argues in The Terms of Engagement

had already brought enslaved Africans to what was to become South Carolina

Female Circumcision Fables / Native American all of us” (The NewBolokoli, khifad, tahara, tahoor, qudiin, irua, bondo, kuruna, negekorsigin, and kene kene are a few of the terms used in local African languages to denote a set of cultural practices collectively known as female circumcision. Practiced in many countries across Africa and Asia, this ritual is hotly debated. Supporters regard it as a central coming of age ritual that ensures chastity and promotes fertility. Human rights groups denounce the procedure as