Warrior Marks
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Warrior Marks is a 1993 book by Alice Walker
. Following on from Possessing the Secret of Joy
Walker undertakes a journey to parts of Africa where clitoridectomy
is still practised. It is a harrowing work as Walker interviews women who have had the operation done and finally interviews a woman—circumcised herself—who performs the operation.
Alice Walker
Alice Malsenior Walker is an American author, poet, and activist. She has written both fiction and essays about race and gender...
. Following on from Possessing the Secret of Joy
Possessing the Secret of Joy
Possessing the Secret of Joy is a 1992 novel by Alice Walker.-Plot summary:It tells the story of Tashi, an African woman and a minor character in Walker's earlier novel The Color Purple. Now in the US she comes from Olinka, Alice Walker's fictional African nation where female genital mutilation is...
Walker undertakes a journey to parts of Africa where clitoridectomy
Clitoridectomy
Clitoridectomy is the surgical removal of the clitoris. It is rarely needed as a therapeutic medical procedure, such as when cancer has developed in or spread to the clitoris...
is still practised. It is a harrowing work as Walker interviews women who have had the operation done and finally interviews a woman—circumcised herself—who performs the operation.