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Nigeria: Eight Years After, French Artist Recaptures Chibok Girls Ordeal
Vanguard, 6 December 2022
An exhibition of sculptures representing the Chibok school girls who were abducted in 2014 in Nigeria, opened recently at Art Twenty-one, Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos. Read more »
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Nigeria: Chibok Girls Remembered in New Sculptures
This Day, 25 November 2022
Titled ‘’Statues Also Breath,’’ a collaborative visual art project domiciled in Art Twenty One, involving potters from Ilorin, visual arts students from… Read more »
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Nigeria: In New Exhibition, French Artist Revisits Plight of Chibok Girls
Premium Times, 23 November 2022
The exhibition was a collaboration between the Department of Fine & Applied Arts of the Obafemi Awolowo University and the families of the Chibok girls Boko Haram kidnapped in… Read more »
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Nigeria: Military Denies Allegations of Forced Abortion of 'Boko Haram' Pregnancies
This Day, 3 December 2022
The military high command yesterday debunked allegations of involvement in the abortion of pregnancies of wives of insurgents in the North-east. Read more »
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Nigeria: Rescued Chibok Girls Cry Out - 'We Want to Return to School'
Vanguard, 1 December 2022
Thirteen of the rescued/escapee Chibok girls, now all mothers, have begged both the federal and Borno State governments to take them back to school like their colleagues, who they… Read more »
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Nigeria: Chibok Kidnappings - Why It's Important To Listen To The Survivors Of Boko Haram Terrorism
The Conversation Africa, 17 October 2022
In 2009 a once quiet local Salafi group called Boko Haram became increasingly violent in north-east Nigeria and border communities of Niger, Chad and Cameroon. Its quest to forbid… Read more »
Nigeria's Chibok Girls Remembered in New Art Exhibition
French multi-disciplinary artist Prune Nuorry unveiled a significant exhibition in Lagos in collaboration between the Obafemi Awolowo University's fine arts department and the families of the Chibok girls who were abducted by Boko Haram militants in 2014.
The exhibition titled, "Statues Also Breathe", showcases 108 sculptured heads by Nourry and art students of university, inspired by the ancient Ife terracotta heads. According to Nourry, a documentary movie will be exhibited with the sculptures in the Statues Also Breathe show, as it enables all the collaborators to include their voices and unique perspectives, including those of teachers, students, or parents of the missing girls - or everyone who participated in the creative process.
The abduction of 276 girls from Chibok in Borno State, by Boko Haram militants on April 14, 2014, sparked a global outcry that gave rise to the #BringBackOurGirls campaign. Many years of interventions by the army and the government saw the release of a number of the girls - but not everyone was freed.
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Testimonial narratives have enabled other stories, experiences, and voices to emerge. The violence inflicted by Boko Haram terror, cuts beyond the Chibok case and crosses gender ... Read more »
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April 14 marks eight years since 279 schoolgirls were taken by the armed group Boko Haram in Chibok. Some escaped, and others were later released, following intense campaigni Read more »
In a new exhibition, a French artist revisits the plight of Chibok Girls.
