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Here is a a page of a secret diary kept by the Chibok girls during their captivity in the den of Sambisa forest by the Boko Haram terrorists.
On the account of the girls' ordeal at their camp in the forest, in an article published by WSJ on December 24, 2017 and titled: “Freedom for the World’s Most Famous Hostages Came at a Heavy Price”, Naomi Adamu, one of the Chibok girls narrated how they stood their ground against the insurgents.
A page of a secret diary kept by the Chibok girls during their captivity. PHOTO: ADAOBI TRICIA NWAUBANI/THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
According to the report, to force the girls to study the teachings of Islam, the guards gave them flimsy notepads, some with cartoon characters on the cover, for transcribing recitations from the Quran. The girls were accustomed to copying lessons verbatim from the blackboard. Here, under the watchful eyes of violent captors, they turned the notebooks into diaries, to tell their own stories.
“We were hoping that we would eventually be released,” Adamu said. Or if they died, that the diaries might someday be found. “We wanted the world to see what we witnessed,” she said.
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On the account of the girls' ordeal at their camp in the forest, in an article published by WSJ on December 24, 2017 and titled: “Freedom for the World’s Most Famous Hostages Came at a Heavy Price”, Naomi Adamu, one of the Chibok girls narrated how they stood their ground against the insurgents.
A page of a secret diary kept by the Chibok girls during their captivity. PHOTO: ADAOBI TRICIA NWAUBANI/THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
According to the report, to force the girls to study the teachings of Islam, the guards gave them flimsy notepads, some with cartoon characters on the cover, for transcribing recitations from the Quran. The girls were accustomed to copying lessons verbatim from the blackboard. Here, under the watchful eyes of violent captors, they turned the notebooks into diaries, to tell their own stories.
“We were hoping that we would eventually be released,” Adamu said. Or if they died, that the diaries might someday be found. “We wanted the world to see what we witnessed,” she said.
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