Jay Ellis Discusses The Plight Behind Africa’s Child Sex Slavery Shown In ‘Like Cotton Twines’

Jay Ellis Discusses The Plight Behind Africa’s Child Sex Slavery Shown In ‘Like Cotton Twines’
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"Like Cotton Twines," directed and written by Leila Djansi, takes you on a trip to Ghana to catch a glimpse of what life is like for most underage girls who are forced to coexist as a Trokosi (a wife of the gods). The sexual religious slave practice is used in an effort to lift any crime a family member has done by sacrificing a family’s most vulnerable member.

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