a woman a teal dress standing in front a pink flower bush

Six years ago, Boko Haram kidnapped 276 schoolgirls. Where are they now?

The 'Chibok girls’ kidnapping sparked international outrage. More than a hundred are still missing. Today the survivors are trying to rebuild their lives.

Esther Usman stands behind the dormitory 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.
This story appears in the March 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine.
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