PAMLOMO-SAUTI YA JAMII

A Christian doctor removed my clitoris when I was three years old as a ‘cure’ for masturbation, writes Renee Bergstrom Dr Bergstrom: ‘I remember the excruciating pain and feeling betrayed.’ Dr A Renee Bergstrom In 1947, when I was just three years old a doctor removed my clitoris. Female genital mutilation is mostly associated with African cultures, and non-Christian religions, but my FGM happened in white, midwest America. It took place in a church clinic that used a scalpel on girls who masturbated. I remember the excruciating pain and feeling betrayed. I was told not to talk about it, but keeping the secret meant I was alone with my questions as I grew into puberty: what was missing? What would it be like to be “whole”? At 15 I consulted a doctor regarding a tugging sensation from my scar tissue. Unknowingly, I went to the same clinic where the clitoridectomy was performed and the doctor shamed me with a booklet entitled The Sin of Self-Pleasuring. ...

Mwalimu Tuhobwike Mwinuka Mwakatumbula enzi za uhai wake. Jeneza lenye mwili wa mwalimu Tuhobwike Mwinuka Mwakatumbula likiwa ndani ya Kanisa la Kiinjili la Kilutheri Tanzania (KKKT), Usharika wa Wazo Hili Dar es Salaam leo asubuhi wakati wa ibada ya kuuaga mwili huo. Mume wa marehemu, Samuel Mwakatumbula akimbusu mke wake wakati wa ibada hiyo ya kumuaga mpendwa wake. Kushoto ni mtoto wake Kelvin. Binamu wa marehemu, Nobert Nselu (kulia) akimsaidia rafiki wa karibu wa marehemu mama Malugu wakati mwili wa marehemu ukiwasili nyumbani kwake. Rafiki wa marehemu mama Malugu (katikati) akisaidiwa. Waombolezaji wakiwa msibani nyumbani kwa marehemu  Wazo Hill. Ni huzuni kubwa  Wakina mama wakiwa na maua wakati wakisubiri mwili wa marehemu kuingizwa ndani. Geneza lenye mwili wa marehemu likiingizwa nyumbani kwake.  Mume wa marehemu Samuel Mwakatumbula akimu...