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A Harrowing Escape from Boko Haram

Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 0
Publish Date: 2018-02-05 23:00:00
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Journalist Andrea Hoffman talks about her new book A Gift from Darkness: How I Escaped with my Daughter from Boko Haram. Hoffman interviewed and co-authored the book with Patience Ibrahim, a Nigerian woman whose first husband was murdered by Boko Haram when she was 19. After she left her village, remarried and became pregnant, Boko Haram soldiers abducted Patience, forced her to convert to Islam, and raped and tortured her for months. She tells the story of how she managed to escape with her child.  

This segment is guest hosted by Rebecca Carroll.

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