Sense of Belonging: The Tale of Ikpiko

A play by Sister Help at the Arcola Theatre, London E8, 9–13 July and at the Green Room, Manchester, 17–20 July. A national tour is planned later this year.

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Imagine you are an 18 year old woman, living in a village in mid-Western Nigeria. You are six months pregnant when your husband's family come and take you to a hut where three hefty women pin you on to a bed, one sitting on your chest, the others holding your arms and legs down. A fourth woman wields a knife and proceeds to cut away your clitoris, because it is …