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Their was no story anymore

The year is 2007 in the county of Narok in Kenya.
This is a story of Nikita in her early discoveries with her maasai culture while in her teen age.
She observed closely that all her close family female members were all circumcised and the tradition was not going to surpass her.
For her, all she wanted was to work hard in school and bring change to not only her family but the maasai community at large.She was ready to do anything in her power and run away from fgm.
She had seen some of her close friends die of this practice.She had also witnessed a circumcised lady loose alot of blood while giving birth and she was not ready to undergo the same.

Its Christmas morning and Nikita and her young siblings have overslept probably due to the overexcitement of the Christmas day.
Grandmother Mary is already awake and is decorating the Christmas tree that was always placed at the entrance of their table room.
They all wake up and run to the Christmas tree that had glowing candlelights all over .On seeing them ,grandmother holds Nikitas hand while admiring the tree and goes with her in the kitchen to prepare the Christmas breakfast for the rest of the siblings.
Nikita was raised by her grandmother after her parents died of HIV and AIDS that was rampant during the 1990s.
Nikita could feel strong the smell of roasted bananas and an aroma of well-baked mandazis but she knew that was not what grandmother had brought her to do.
“But what could she be Upto ?” Nikita thought
“Come here Nikita,” Grandmother Mary led her outside the kitchen.
She was wearing the Maasai attire that had red attractive earings.
The sun rose out of a low layer of cloud from the Narok market horizon and pointed at the thick stripe of the breathtaking Kathita river .

“You know the time is finally here,” grandmother Mary told Nikita.
“What are you talking about grandmother?,”Nikita shockingly asked.
To grandmother Mary ,the circumsicion of her granddaughter meant more of blessings and personal security .
“You know very well in our traditiona, a girl is only fit to be mature after circumcision.You are now 15 years my girl.”Grandmother Mary told her.
“Please grandmother!I want to concentrate on my education.Please don’t allow them do this to me,”Nikita cried out.
But it was however to late for Nikita.
At noon just some minutes to lunchtime,it was time to visit “mama abel ” who was known of talking to girls ahead of circumcision.Being on Christmas, grandmother Mary ensured they arrived early to avoid interrupting their family times.
The lady prepared Nikita psychologically of what was expected of her before circumsicion.
All through,Nikita felt the world was never fair at all.
She hoped God would just come and take her away from this universe.
She wished she could get a means of running away from this fake culture.
She wished for a revolutionary soldier who would overthrow all the fgm traditions in her culture.
It was one of her worst Christmas in all her life!
Unfortunately,5 days later ,she was taken and got circumcised against her will.
She lost alot of blood and she actually passed on later.
With so much dreams, vision and aspirations,fgm ruined her future!
Their was no story to tell again ;She wad dead

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