Once upon a time in the quiet community of Rugan Kasuwa, nestled within the Karu Local Government Area in Nasarawa state Nigeria lived 18-year-old Zuwaira
Zainab Abdullahi’s husband wasn’t the open-minded type. He was not much older than Zainab, who was eighteen years old and five months pregnant. In their
Bilki Lawan. Married at 16, pregnant at 19, and now a full-time housewife in the Ringim Local Government Area, Jigawa state, Nigeria. Her husband, like
BIZUNESH TAYE -16 years Bizunesh’s dream is to buy a car. Nothing too extravagant; maybe something blue in colour, with a small stereo in it
BIRTKUWAN ANULO – 18 years For Birtkuwan, it all boils down to saving. And to save you must be ready to deny yourself. At 18
WUBE BELETE – 18 years Wube knows a thing or two about living with your in-laws. She, at 18, attended school but couldn’t proceed past
TAMENECH AYELE – 19 years Tamenech Ayele and Ayele Tusa live in a small rented house with their one-year-old baby. During the day the house
TOLA – 17 years When she turned 17 years old, Tola’s body started behaving like it belonged to someone else. First, her menstrual cycle became
IBIKUNLE OLAITAN – 15 years More than anything, she remembers the excruciating labour. The peeling blue paint of the hospital’s walls. She recalls the deadness
HABIBA FULANI- 19 years “My first impression of the program was that it was a complete waste of time,” Habiba, 19, says of the day
MAIJIDDA DANAZUMI -19 years Everything passes through the husband. That’s one of the wisdom of being married in her community, Maijidda Danazumi, 19 years old
ANASTASIA MURUNGU – 18 years It was the dimples on the boy; two craters filled with temptations. At 15, Anastasia fell for Baraka who sent
LUDIA OCHIENG -19 years Ludia and Patrick Ochieng live in a modest one-roomed mudhouse in Suna West, Migori County as man and wife. She’s 19,
EMILY AWUOR -19 years We don’t have to own 200 panties to be clean!” Those words blare from a screechy microphone from a facilitator talking