The pregnant women in the marketplace avoid her foodstand, afraid that whatever twisted her baby in the womb is contagious. Her mother says it came out deformed and dumb because she ate rabbit meat while she was pregnant. Her mother-in-law says it’s because she’s evil. The other villagers just say she has a “dirty womb.” The pediatricians at the nice hospitals use strange English words like “clept ... more >
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TRIBECA FEST, “Children of the mountain”
Appeared in the festival's Viewpoints Section
Rukiyat Masud, Grace Omaboe and Akofa Edjeani
Directed by Priscilla Anany