It was harvest season in 1972 in Damasak, a community in Borno, Nigeria’s North East. Ten-year-old Goni Ali had just finished assisting his father in packaging some of the maize from their farm. It would be a gift for his uncle, Ba’a Goni Muktar, who would arrive the following day. After his uncle’s arrival, Ali’s […]
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One day Muhammad Abba, 16, had a family. The next, he was orphaned. For another year, his life kept losing important parts, including the opportunity to go to school. In 2013, Boko Haram stormed his home town in Ngomari, Jere Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State, North East Nigeria. “They shot my grandfather in […]
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In the mornings, you will find Ephraim scrambling home from his night shift. He dashes into a tiny bathroom where he takes a quick shower before rushing off again to a full day of lectures. After the day’s classes, he sneaks in a nap -whilst ensuring he doesn’t oversleep, as he must also attend to […]
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Mardiyah Bello* had big dreams until she was sexually abused by her class teacher one Saturday evening in 2019. Before the incident, Mardiyah was excited to have made it to her penultimate year in senior secondary school in a region where secondary school completion rate among girls is low. But her joy was short-lived. That […]
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A United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and University of Oxford survey released in January has shown a direct link between a person’s level of education and their desire for climate action. The UNDP’s “Peoples’ Climate Vote” by 1.2 million respondents is considered the world’s largest survey of public opinion on climate change. Although the survey […]
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