A man addresses an elderly woman as a girl approaches: dangers of circumcision to girls in Kenya. Colour lithograph by J. Ouma for Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organisation, 1998.

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1998
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755386i
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A man addresses an elderly woman as a girl approaches: dangers of circumcision to girls in Kenya. Colour lithograph by J. Ouma for Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organisation, 1998. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

The man sits beside a woman preparing a large bowl of fresh vegetables outside a house with an iron roof; by contrast the elderly woman he addresses opposite appears less well off as she sits outside a more traditional thatched hut with a chicken grazing in the open

Publication/Creation

Nairobi (Mywo, P.O. Box 44412) : Produced by Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organisation, 1998.

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 59.2 x 41.9 cm

Lettering

Bears logo: Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organisation Umoja na Uaminifu (Women's Development Organisation and the United Trust) Message warns that it is a father's responsibity to stop the circumcision of girls which is harmful to their health and education Also bears lettering: with technical support from Programme for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) 1998.

Copyright note

Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organisation Umoja na Uaminifu (Women's Development Organisation and the United Trust) 1998 28/07/2011 UK UkLW Transcription from the item

Reference

Wellcome Collection 755386i

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In Swahili

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