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Leave her alone. Leave the girl alone.
“Every individual has the right to life…and to the integrity of their person.” Malian Constitution (article 1)

Let the old people listen and understand (2x) that it is time to stop excising.
      Woman’s Voice: It can cause marital problems.

Let the old people listen and understand (2x)       Woman: It makes childbirth hard.

Excision should be stopped. Let the fathers and mothers understand. Let the children and old people listen.

Let them try to understand.
      Woman: Excision can cause death

It is time to stop excision.

We beg the old people; we call on them to help. Togo, Benin, Egypt, Kenya, Liberia, the Ivory Coast, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, and Cameroon all have laws against excising.

The women of Malicounda got together in Senegal so that excision would be stopped.

Oh Father, cries Kadia, Oh Mother, cries Fanta, Oh Mama, cries Oumou.

Let all Malian women rise up. Malian women, the authorities support you. Rise up, Malian women. The Zotto Boys will follow your lead, as well.

The women of Malicounda got together in Senegal so that excision would be stopped. Let Malian women follow their lead.

Let the old people listen and understand that it is time to stop excision.

Let’s make a law against excision now!

(Many of these lines are repeated and we left out most repetitions in this translation.)

The music video to this song was directed by Sanous Diakité, manager of the Zotto Boys, with a few parts added by Susan McLucas. It is distributed with Sini Sanuman from the collection of videos made to the album “Stop Excision.”