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The Village Has Lost Its Daughters! When Motherhood Became an Inconvenience

African woman carryinbg the baby on the back . [Getty Images ]

There was a time when a woman could disappear from the village for ten years, return with three children, and the village would simply adjust its seating arrangement.

Grandmother would open the door.

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