Fiery Khadija fights the horror of genital mutilation
“A-lo!” She shouted down the line. (A mutual friend had warned me that the Sierra Leone-born Australian was “full-on”, “fiery”.) I took the phone away from my ear and placed it on speaker so I could better hear the electric mix of loud, bouncing West African intonations and subtle Australian inflexions bubbling from the phone. At once I understood how 26-year-old Khadija Gbla had accomplished so much in such a short time. Khadija’s social work... Read More