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As Maryamu Joseph, a 16-year-old victim of Boko Haram violence, recovers from trauma after years of captivity, she finds it hard to forgive the men who abducted her.
“The first thing they did was forcefully convert us to Islam. They changed my name to Aisha, a Muslim name, and warned us not to pray as Christians, or we would be killed.” Boko Haram — which loosely translates into Western education is forbidden — has carried out a campaign of terror in northern Nigeria, attacking churches, villages and markets. It has carried out a series of abductions of children, with the most famous being the kidnap of more than 275 girls from a government school in Chibok in 2014.
“Words cannot do justice to what I’ve gone through,” said Maryamu. “For nine years we saw the shedding of the innocent blood of my fellow Christians, killed by people who do not value life. They murdered without remorse like it’s a normal thing to do.” “The first thing they did was to pray for me and encourage me to come back to my faith. I am happy to return to Christianity,” said Maryamu.
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