How do they circomcise women in africa and why?
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There are many different ways of circumsicion, however in Africa, usually they remove both labias and sew the wound together leaving a small hole near the vagina. This is to assure that they remain virgins until marriage (As it would be easy to see if anyone had penetrated the wound), but they also believe that it promotes fertility in the women. \n\nUnfortunately there are many side effects, sometimes the wound gets infected and the woman dies, or it could cause infertility which may lead to her being rejected later on down the line. It's also extremely painful to have sex, nevertheless it hinders mensturation and urination, both being horribly painful. Fluids get trapped in the wound since obviously it all can't get out, and that too can cause a (perhaps deadly) infection. \n\nThere are other ways of female circumscision, many being much less painful than the ones you *sometimes* see in Africa. (Not all tribes do it, and that form is much rarer) SOME Muslims sometimes circumcise their daughters although the way I just mentioned above has been banned from many countries. Usually they are the Egyptian Muslims that practice this rather than the typical Arab Muslims, however it has become less and less as they see that it has no roots in the Qu'ran. \n\nThe other ways include removing the labias but not sewing it together, removing one labia, or the most popular worldwide: removing the clitoral hood.
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Africa the Continent is not to blame for the problems you listed.\n\nselfish people have been plundering africa for centuries.\n\nRemoving the victims of this plunder will not bring back the forests and other habitats the animals need.
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Because they are afraid that women will do that to them if they dont do it to women first.  Law of the Jungle, eat or be eaten, your either pretitor or pray.
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Ask somebody in the east. May be an ugandan will be able to answer you algerians.
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The continent of Africa is huge.  \n\nIn response to the person who said "they're living in a desert"-you obviously have never looked at a map or taken a geography course.  A huge amount of Africa is on a coast or in a jungle.  Africa is enormously diverse.  \n\nIn response to the person who said that over-population is the problem: You've got the wrong impression.  In some areas of Africa, a full third of the population is dying of HIV/AIDS, leaving only children and elderly behind.  Birth control, while important, is not the main issue here.  These people need solid education, without the interruption from wars and famine, and medication.  If these two things were addressed, starvation would be a thing of the past, a ghost of a nightmare.  \n\nConsider looking at www.Heifer.org for more information.
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For the same reason this same practice was carried on in Rwanda and Kossovo and Zaire and a million other places in this world. This is a practice that is condoned and even encouraged by leadership because it is a way of destroying an enemy culture from within. By traumatizing women (the wives and mothers and sisters) the culture suffers for a generation or more. Women are scared to start families and are scared to care for existing families.\n\nThis is the same reason the German soldiers when they invaded the Soviet Union were told to unleash their animal instincts and the officers were told not to discipline the soldiers in these offenses.
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Err you want proof?\nThe Continent of Africa is turning slowly but surely into a vast uninhabitable desert.\nNot fun for the animals let alone the people!\n\nSomething to think about next time you use your energy wasting tumble-driers!  That's why there's Wind & Sun, not because hanging your washing out MAKES YOU POOR!\nOnly an American could come up with a Crook o S**T like that!
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Some (relatively) safe sub-Saharan African countries: Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Madagascar.\n\nDefinitely NOT South Africa, it has a very high crime rate, particularly against whites.\n\nNorth African safe countries: Morocco, Tunisia.
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History of slavery started in the continent of Africa. Tribes would war against each other and conquer, killing men mostly and keeping women. As trade started with the Europeans, African kings would barter and sell slaves to these Europeans traders for guns and other items, STARTING SLAVERY IN THE KNOWN WORLD!With there being so many countries in Africa know one knows who should pay who for this atrocity. This is just a fact of man's inhumanity to each other.In many African countries slavery still exists
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Most of Europe went through the process that African countries are going through about 600 years ago.  The problem is, we sorted them out with bows and arrows, whereas the ruling elite in Africa are armed to the teeth with 21st century weapons.\n\nNigeria and the whole of Africa is growing up far too quickly and doing so in the knowledge that there is a better life to be had if one has lots of money, and that money is available to the corrupt.\n\nThus, anyone in any position of power anywhere in Africa has the opportunity to rise above the poverty that is endemic by taking corrupt money.\n\nAfrica is doomed to have a very few rich people in positions of power while the rest of the population ekes out a living in abject poverty.\n\nWhen we achieved greatness we had to do so by ingenuity and industriousness.  All an African has to do is be dishonest.  There really is very little hope for Africa in the short term.  This is a crying shame because Africa should be the jewel of the Earth's crown.  It has everything - a beautiful coast, wonderful flora and fauna and mineral wealth beyond imagination.\n\nHowever, the people are unable to see beyond today and they are thus doomed.
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The Eurpeans wouldnt have liked to undergo hardships in tropical parts of arfica. They are from milder climates, and they can not bear to work hard in trpoics. So they didnt conquer entire africa. If they had managed to do so, the entire world would be full of whites and yellows. And perhaps all the natives of africa would be working all over the word.
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It is not just something that happens in Africa, but also in Asian nations and even in the U.S. Those women that have it cut off in Africa do not do it by choice but because of tradition, it is highly unsanitary and dangerous for a woman's health but its part of their culture and should be respected.  It occurs usually in the younger years of a woman's life, ranging from childhood to adulthood but mainly in the teenage years. \n\nThere are some organizations that try to help the women that do not wish to go through this. Eve Ensler the creater of "The Vagina Monologues" also produced a documentary about violence against women around the world. She spotlit a woman in one of the African nations who created a shelter for these young girls who choose to leave their cultures because of the clitorectomy, here they find a network of support from women who are going through the same or similar experiences.\n\nIn the U.S. there are many women who also choose this, many of them are not comfortable with their clitoris or have negative ideas about its existence, others have said that they wish to focus on the pleasure of their partner instead of their own.
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if that was supposed to b nigeria then there r vast differences b/t these 2. nigeria has crude oil, more corrupt(relative to ghana), mostly bigger sized women(ie taller and bigger frame), origin of 419, less peacful(u can get robbed in broad daylight...in a crowd), different native languages such as yoruba, bigger georaphically, highly involved in blackmagic...the list cld go on.
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Africa is a continent and it has many countries. Each country has a captal.
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the first thing they can do is to get THEMSELVES educated.Most African nations are dictatorships ruled by uneducated leaders,many of whom are former soldiers.These leaders are biased toward their tribes and have little or no understanding of how to run a nation.The African Heads of State must first and foremost make sure that the leader himself is an educated progressive man.This may mean that some of the current dictators will have to step down but if they are true patriots they will do so in the best interests of their countries.Secondly the masses MUST be educated-with education comes reasoning and liberty.Thirdly there must be a strict clampdown on war-lords who stir up frequent civil wars in Africa.Fourthly regular,fair elections (supervised by a neutral Election Commission) are necessary.
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That is really nice of you to apologize but your question was wrong anyway.\nCow worshipers are in India / Malaysia / Thailand. African are known to hunt and kill animals for food, not worship them. \nI saw it on television show Belief it or not.\nYou should also understand that Africa is a continent, so be specific out of 48 countries when referring to Africa.
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nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, women women women women...Islamic regime...i.e. theocracy...-->DESPOTISM, DICTATORSHIP,NO HUMAN RIGHTS, NO FREEDOM, INJUSTICE do urself and ur children's children and the world a favor and either leave or revolt...