Fuambai Sia Ahmadu is a

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an- United States, American anthropologist. She has worked for

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and the British Medical Research Council in the Gambia."About Fuambai"
fuambaisiaahmadu.com. Ahmadu obtained her PhD in social anthropology from the

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and undertook post-doctoral work at the Department of Comparative Human Development,

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. Ahmadu is known for her work on female circumcision or what opponents refer to as female genital mutilation (FGM) and, in particular, for her decision as an adult and member of the Kono ethnic group to undergo initiation into the female controlled

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secret society. Contrary to the position of the

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and other UN bodies, she has argued that the health risks of most types of female circumcision are exaggerated, its effect on women's sexuality misunderstood, and that most affected women do not experience it as an oppressive practice. Ahmadu's views are shared by several other anthropologists. Fuambai was interviewed in May 2017 by

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