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Gishiri cutting

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Gishiri or gishri cutting is a form of female genital mutilation performed commonly by the peoples of the Hausa and Fulani regions of northern Nigeria and southern Niger. [1]

18 relations: Childbirth, Dyspareunia, Female genital mutilation, Fistula, Fula people, Hausa Kingdoms, Hausa language, Kano, Niger, Nigeria, Pelvic organ prolapse, Perineum, Pseudoscience, Sahara, Urethra, Urinary retention, Vulvectomy, West Africa.

Childbirth

Childbirth, also known as labour and delivery, is the ending of a pregnancy by one or more babies leaving a woman's uterus by vaginal passage or C-section.

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Dyspareunia

Dyspareunia is painful sexual intercourse due to medical or psychological causes.

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Female genital mutilation

Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting and female circumcision, is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the external female genitalia.

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Fistula

A fistula is an abnormal connection between two hollow spaces (technically, two epithelialized surfaces), such as blood vessels, intestines, or other hollow organs.

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Fula people

The Fula people or Fulani or Fulany or Fulɓe (Fulɓe; Peul; Fulani or Hilani; Fula; Pël; Fulaw), numbering between 40 and 50 million people in total, are one of the largest ethnic groups in the Sahel and West Africa, widely dispersed across the region.

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Hausa Kingdoms

The Hausa Kingdom, also known as Hausaland, was a collection of states started by the Hausa people, situated between the Niger River and Lake Chad (modern day northern Nigeria).

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Hausa language

Hausa (Yaren Hausa or Harshen Hausa) is the Chadic language (a branch of the Afroasiatic language family) with the largest number of speakers, spoken as a first language by some 27 million people, and as a second language by another 20 million.

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Kano

Kano is the state capital of Kano State in North West, Nigeria.

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Niger

Niger, also called the Niger officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa named after the Niger River.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.

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Pelvic organ prolapse

Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is characterized by descent of pelvic organs from their normal positions.

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Perineum

The perineum is the space between the anus and scrotum in the male and between the anus and the vulva in the female.

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Pseudoscience

Pseudoscience consists of statements, beliefs, or practices that are claimed to be both scientific and factual, but are incompatible with the scientific method.

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Sahara

The Sahara (الصحراء الكبرى,, 'the Great Desert') is the largest hot desert and the third largest desert in the world after Antarctica and the Arctic.

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Urethra

In anatomy, the urethra (from Greek οὐρήθρα – ourḗthrā) is a tube that connects the urinary bladder to the urinary meatus for the removal of urine from the body.

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Urinary retention

Urinary retention is an inability to completely empty the bladder.

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Vulvectomy

Vulvectomy refers to a gynecological procedure in which the vulva is partly or completely removed.

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West Africa

West Africa, also called Western Africa and the West of Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gishiri_cutting

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