In 2005,the Guardian featured 10 newborns in countries across Africa. Five years later, we returned to talk to them and their parents. Now we revisit the 10-year-feeble Confidant to hear her myth and learn more about the opportunities and challenges she and her family faceConfidant at five years oldThe birth of ConfidantConfidant Danjuma Martins fidgets on the sofa and hides her face shyly behind a decorative throw as she considers how to reply the question. Does she like her maternal great-aunt’s village in Kaduna state, or where she has lived since 2012?“I don’t like staying in the village,” the 10-year-feeble blurts out suddenly, in response to her mother’s gentle prodding. “[People] are wicked in the village, or they curse and fight.” Continue reading...
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