National Geographic USA - 03.2020

(Nora) #1
BY NINA STROCHLIC
PHOTOGRAPHS BY BÉNÉDICTE KURZEN

THE ABDUCTION


OF 276 NIGERIAN


SCHOOLGIRLS


OUTRAGED


THE WORLD.


112 ARE STILL MISSING.


THE SURVIVORS


ARE RECLAIMING


THEIR FUTURE.


Esther Usman stands
behind the dormi-
tory in northeastern
Nigeria where she and
more than a hundred
other students from
Chibok live and study.

The young women
are preparing for
admission to university
and are planning
careers in business,
medicine, and
human rights law.

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