Fuambai Sia Ahmadu is a

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anthropologist. She has worked for

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and the British Medical Research Council in the Gambia."About Fuambai"
fuambaisiaahmadu.com. Ahmadu obtained her PhD in social anthropology from the

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and undertook post-doctoral work at the Department of Comparative Human Development,

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. Ahmadu is known for her work on

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(FGM) and, in particular, for her decision as an adult and member of the Kono ethnic group to undergo it as part of initiation into the female-controlled

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secret society. Contrary to the position of the

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and other UN bodies, she has argued that the health risks of most types of FGM are exaggerated, its effect on women's sexuality misunderstood, and that most affected women do not experience it as an oppressive practice. Ahmadu's views are shared by some other anthropologists. Fuambai was interviewed in May 2017 by

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