Je dédis ce monologue à ma sœur Tokossel qui est atrocement mutilée et à ma sœur Seynabou qui est morte l’année dernière, à 40 ans, laissant ses jumeaux et 6 autres enfants. I recant this monologue to my sister Tokossel who is horribly mutilated and to my sister Seynabou who died last year, just after giving birth to her twins leaving behind 6 other children. Mesdames, Madame le Juge, Ladies, Lady your honor, Je m’appelle N’em Si Yalla, la morte. …
Tag: childbirth
I turned 33 two days ago and spent the day with my friend [who happens to be a Doctor – her profession is very relevant to this post 🙂 ] So Dr and I natter about …
I have a fear of childbirth. I have a fear of getting pregnant; feeling like my body has been taken over by a foreign being and labouring for hours to get this foreign being out of …