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Women

I WAS RAPED. I THOUGHT MY LIFE HAD ENDED.

What hurt most was being far away from my family, not knowing if they were alive or dead.

Posted in Conflict, SnippetsTagged Abduction, Bama, Boko Haram, Rape, Women

PEOPLE CALLED ME ‘BOKO HARAM DAUGHTER’

People whispered about me. Some mothers warned their children not to come near me. In their eyes, I was no longer just Amina.

Posted in Conflict, SnippetsTagged Boko Haram, Discrimination, Stigma, Women

WOMEN WERE NOT ALLOWED TO GO OUT

I was flogged and punished several times because I was out looking for what my father and I would eat.

Posted in Conflict, SnippetsTagged Boko Haram, Escape, Sambisa, Women

WE WATCHED AS THEY EXECUTED PEOPLE

I saw many girls being forced into marriages, and some were even sold as slaves.

Posted in Conflict, SnippetsTagged Boko Haram, Rape, Slavery, Women

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” - Maya Angelou

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