Do Almajiri Children Also Attain ‘Success’ In Life?
It was harvest season in 1972 in Damasak, a community in Borno, Nigeria’s North Eeast. Ten-year-old Goni Ali had just finished assisting his father in…
Almajiri Children Grow Old, Too. But What Happens When They Do?
Babagana Muhammad spent 14 years seeking religious knowledge. He started when he was five, around the same age children get enrolled in primary schools. Four…
Residents Of Sokoto Village In Agonising Wait After Almajiri Children’s Abduction
It was late Saturday evening, a little after 5 p.m. Umaru Tsoho, 57, sat on a broken piece of mudbrick, leaning on the wall of…