Female Genital Mutilation

FGM Documentary Collection: These videos, created by anthropologists, filmmakers, and advocacy organizations, present unique visual records of female genital mutilation practices across various African cultures. Available to OddAfrica members only.Click here to pay for membership access.

Alfredo&Angelo Castiglioni

  • Country: Sudan Congo(DRC) Ethiopia Niger Chad Benin
  • Purpose: Anthropology
  • Duration Of All Films (minutes): 420
  • Date Recorded: 1958-1986
  • FGM Type (i-iv): Type i Type ii Type iii Type iv
  • Rating: Extremely Graphic
  • Restrictions: Public Educational Banned

Jean Rouch

  • Country: Niger Mali Ivory Coast Ghana Burkina Faso Togo Benin Senegal Nigeria
  • Purpose: Ethnography
  • Duration Of All Films (minutes): 375
  • Date Recorded: 1952-1995
  • FGM Type (i-iv): Type i Type ii Type iii Type iv
  • Rating: Extremely Graphic
  • Restrictions: Public Educational Banned

AIDOS

  • Country: Kenya
  • Purpose: Advocacy
  • Duration Of All Films (minutes): 40
  • Date Recorded: 2019
  • FGM Type (i-iv): Type i
  • Rating: Mildly Graphic
  • Restrictions: Public

Heike Behrend

  • Country: Kenya Uganda Tanzania Sudan DRC
  • Purpose: Visual Ethnography
  • Duration Of All Films (minutes): 630
  • Date Recorded: 1982-2001
  • FGM Type (i-iv): Type i Type ii Type iii
  • Rating: Extremely Graphic
  • Restrictions: Educational Banned

Audrey Richards

  • Country: Zambia Uganda Tanzania South Africa
  • Purpose: Anthropology
  • Duration Of All Films (minutes): 470
  • Date Recorded: 1936-1969
  • FGM Type (i-iv): Type i Type ii Type iii
  • Rating: Extremely Graphic
  • Restrictions: Educational Banned

Safi Faye

  • Country: Senegal Mali
  • Purpose: Advocacy
  • Duration Of All Films (minutes): 80
  • Date Recorded: 1975-2004
  • FGM Type (i-iv): Type i Type ii
  • Rating: Moderately Graphic
  • Restrictions: Public

David & Judith MacDougall

  • Country: Kenya Uganda
  • Purpose: Visual Anthropology
  • Duration Of All Films (minutes): 70
  • Date Recorded: 1962-1984
  • FGM Type (i-iv): Type i Type ii
  • Rating: Moderately Graphic
  • Restrictions: Public

Melissa Llewelyn-Davies

  • Country: Kenya Tanzania
  • Purpose: Anthropology Ethnography
  • Duration Of All Films (minutes): 250
  • Date Recorded: 1970-1996
  • FGM Type (i-iv): Type iii
  • Rating: Extremely Graphic
  • Restrictions: Educational Banned

Jean-Marie Teno

  • Country: Cameroon Namibia Tanzania Togo South Africa Burkina Faso
  • Purpose: Advocacy Journalism
  • Duration Of All Films (minutes): 160
  • Date Recorded: 1994-2008
  • FGM Type (i-iv): Type i Type ii
  • Rating: Mildly Graphic
  • Restrictions: Public

Florence Ayisi

  • Country: Cameroon Tanzania(Zanzibar)
  • Purpose: Journalism Advocacy
  • Duration Of All Films (minutes): 90
  • Date Recorded: 2006-2015
  • FGM Type (i-iv): Type i Type ii
  • Rating: Mildly Graphic
  • Restrictions: Public

Kim Longinotto

  • Country: Kenya Cameroon South Africa
  • Purpose: Journalism Advocacy
  • Duration Of All Films (minutes): 110
  • Date Recorded: 1981-2009
  • FGM Type (i-iv): Type i Type ii Type iii
  • Rating: Mildly Graphic
  • Restrictions: Public

Monica Hunter Wilson

  • Country: South Africa Tanzania Zambia
  • Purpose: Anthropology Ethnography
  • Duration Of All Films (minutes): 135
  • Date Recorded: 1933-1978
  • FGM Type (i-iv): Type i Type ii Type iii Type iv
  • Rating: Extremely Graphic
  • Restrictions: Educational Private

Anonymous Sources

  • Country: Somalia Guinea Djibouti Mali Sudan Gambia Burkina Faso Mauritania Nigeria
  • Purpose: Whistle blowing Sensationalism
  • Duration Of All Films (minutes): 1250
  • Date Recorded: 2010-2025
  • FGM Type (i-iv): Type i Type ii Type iii Type iv
  • Rating: Extremely Graphic
  • Restrictions: Public Private
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