Aliou Cisse is a local radio DJ



"I came here to learn more about the subject. I am the host of a radio programme, and I want to be able to talk about FGM on the radio. I have come here to get the right information. Cutting is a harmful practice. The little girl cannot decide for herself if she wants it, and, therefore, she is a victim of the practice."



"It was important for me to hear that the practice already existed before Islam was introduced here, so it has nothing to do with our religion. I didn't know this. Now I can tell people who tell me it is part of our religion that this is not true - that cutting doesn't come from the Quran, but from our cultural traditions, and that it is not good because doctors say it is harmful to the girls and even to women when they have to give birth."



"My wife is cut. I would have preferred she wasn't because I know the risks that come with it."