Graphic Photos: 11 yr old Sierra Leone girl suffering from 'strange' breast condition undergoes surgery

Sarah Ojo

In November, photos of an 11 year old Sierra Leone girl, Mamie Sam, went viral due to the nature of what was best described as a 'strange breast condition'. Maime, who resides with her grandparents, cried out for help to the government and other humanitarian organizations to come to her aid. Speaking to a reporter, she explained that some time last year she went on a fishing expedition together with her grand mother and other women in the town. After the exercise she started experiencing her breast becoming large. "While taking her bath together with the women in the stream.