@article{1355653,
      recid = {1355653},
      author = {McLeod, Sandy. and Reticker, Gini.},
      title = {Asylum fleeing genital mutilation / [electronic resource]  :},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      pages = {1 online resource (21 min.).},
      year = {2003},
      note = {Originally released as DVD.},
      abstract = {Asylum is a powerful tale of a young Ghanian woman whose  life suddenly changes when her father insists that she  undergo a bloody, life-threatening circumcision and then  marry an old man. Although traditional circumcision is now  illegal in Ghana, it is still practiced. Baaba Andoh had a  happy childhood, raised by her mother who sold vegetables  in the market place. Baaba had sought out her long-lost  father to seek his blessing for her marriage to the man of  her dreams. To her horror, she learned of her father s plan  and fled her village. Her father, a man of some means,  pursued her. Having no recourse but to leave the country,  she obtained a false passport and a ticket to the U.S. with  the help of friends. The INS spotted the forgery  immediately and arrested her at Newark Airport. She spends  a nightmarish year in prison before she is successful in  obtaining political asylum. Her chilling story is not  unlike that of many of the 7,000 women immigrants now being  held in detention, awaiting legal representation and  hearings on their claims.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1355653},
}