mactv Programme Information
Soillse
Soillse is a series of international stories which opens our eyes to real life across the world today. Films that highlight unique and contemporary themes with a focus on personal triumph, tragedy and survival.
- Broadcaster: BBC ALBA
- Original TX Date: 22 04 2009
- Genre: Factual
- No. Episodes: 36
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Individual Episodes
Hibo's Song
Far out in the African bush, a 4000-year-old ritual takes place. Often in non-sterile conditions, using the simplest tools of broken glass or razors, and without anaesthetic, female circumcision is practised. In Somalian, singer Hibo (circumcised as a child) sings about the pain of African women and through their words we hear how their lives have been affected by their grandmothers? choices.
- Broadcaster: BBC ALBA
- Original TX Date: 06 05 2009