Shared by Lisa Thompson.
(Trapped by Tradition airs Saturday September 24 at 8pm, Sunday September 25 at 12pm and Tuesday September 27 at 10.30am and 6.30pm on CNN International.)
By Liz Hazelton
Last updated at 2:28 PM on 22nd September 2011
In a fetid shack swarming with flies, an old woman with a ravaged face is weeping so uncontrollably she struggles to speak.
When she does form words they are jerky and awkward, a string of incomprehensible denials. No, she does not remember. It was a long time ago. She does not understand how it happened.
Eventually, distraught, she wanders out into the filthy yard where chickens peck fruitlessly at the dry earth.
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