Displaced people may have already lost far too much to the violence in northeastern Nigeria, their loved ones, their homes, their livelihoods, their sanity … but that doesn’t immune them from the schemings of sexual predators. Through the experiences of Hauwa, 14, and Adama, 22, we see how difficult it is to get justice for rape victims and how their lives change joylessly after their abuse.
This episode of Vestiges of Violence was produced with support from the MacArthur Foundation.
The story was reported by Aisha Tijanni Jidda, a 2023 HumAngle Accountability Fellow and edited by Kunle Adebajo.
Hosted by Hameeda Buhari.
Produced by Attahiru Jibrin.
Voice acting by Hawwa Bukar, Rukayya Saeed, and Khadija Gidado.
Multimedia Editor is Anthony Asemota.
The executive producer is Ahmad Salkida.
For more stories, go to humanglemedia.com