I was not ready for marriage – “I got married when I was 17 and I was not ready for marriage but as you may know in our society in most cases it’s our parents who choose a husband for a girl especially if the girl has never gone to school. I married a polygamous husband. We are currently two wives in the household. I am sure if I’d gone to school I would not have got married so young. When I was child I didn’t regret not going to school as much as I do now. As a mother any time in my life I see or think of a situation linked to my not going to school I feel bad. I wish I had gone to school because in the world today if you don’t know how to read and write it is difficult for you to educate well your children. And now in the village, to have a position of responsibility, you need to have gone to school. Moreover a woman will better understand the explanation given to her by the nurse if she goes for maternal consultations. And this is useful for any mother for her children’s fate. I hope my children’s lives won’t be like mine”.
Photo: Tagaza Djibo/UNESCO
