At 36, Kadiatou shares how she went through nearly two decades of pain before finally being heard.
I was 12 at my first period. My mother told me that's how it is. My aunt told me "it's our cross". No one told me that what I was living wasn't normal.
In 2023, I come across a video testimonial from Sister Endo Africa on WhatsApp. I cry for an hour. I make an appointment. In three months, I'm diagnosed. Eighteen years of wandering erased by three months and one person who believed me.
African women share their experience with endometriosis.
« For ten years I was told the pain was just part of being a woman. The day I heard the word "endometriosis", I could finally name what I was living. Sister Endo Africa gave me a mirror: I wasn't crazy, I wasn't alone. »
« The listening circles changed something in me. Hearing other sisters tell their story was like hearing mine in stereo. You come out stronger. »
« For ten years I was told the pain was just part of being a woman. The day I heard the word "endometriosis", I could finally name what I was living. Sister Endo Africa gave me a mirror: I wasn't crazy, I wasn't alone. »
« The listening circles changed something in me. Hearing other sisters tell their story was like hearing mine in stereo. You come out stronger. »
