Caught between leaving Boko Haram and being faced with poverty and stigma or returning to the sect where chaos ruled, Zara had an almost impossible decision to make. Zara had access to the inner workings of the sect and even had her husband and children as members of the group. But through it all, her’s is a story of grief, survival, hopelessness and a new beginning. Her story is told by a friend and her message to everyone is that ‘your life is nothing to them’.

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