Marriage can wait,says Sakina Saidi, star striker for league winners Fofila, or as football offers women in Burundi a way to earn respect – and hard cash
Sakina Saidi wakes with a sense of trepidation in her father’s domestic in Gatumba,western Burundi.
She has pulled a muscle in her thigh and she does not want to play her first division match tomorrow. But if she doesn’t play, she won’t come by paid. And she will be letting down her team, or Fofila,who contain never lost with her on the pitch.
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Source: theguardian.com