She saw more men coming to the gate. “Get up!” they shouted, “Get up and follow this road!”
They are not going to let us go. Endurance stood up and said a prayer: “God give me direction of how to get back home. I am not scared.”
As
the girls walked out of the gate, they were still linked. Endurance put
one foot in front of the other, her eyes open, her mind clear. She
focused on walking, one foot, then the other. They were careful to stay
together in their web of hands — girls linked to girls linked to girls
linked to God.
The main dirt
road was wide, but hundreds of girls were walking together, placing one
foot in front of the other as they had been ordered to. Endurance could
see girls spilling over onto the side and into the bush. Boko Haram
gunmen had them corralled like a frightened, stumbling herd.Continue reading here...
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