Early marriage is no new thing from

where I come from. It’s not new to

mum, neither is it new to my elder

sister who got married at the age of
15. I grew up knowing I was going to
be the wife of Alhaji Tamuna as my

Father used me to settle the debt

he owed him. But what I didn’t know
was that I was going to get married

at the age of 13.

My Father and Alhaji Tamuna came

home that evening and told me to

prepare myself for marriage in less

than a months’ time. In as much as I
knew I was betrothed to Alhaji

Tamuna, I did not expect that they

would want me to actually get

married at such a tender age. My

chest was flat, my thoughts like an

un tapped vegetation and that was

the year I saw my first blood flow.

Finally, my worst nightmares were

actually happening. The wedding

was fixed in 2weeks time.  “don’t

worry my dear, I will take good care

of you. Anything you need I will buy

for you, and as for your flat chest,

when we get married I will pump

them out.”   Alhaji Tamuna said to

me that morning the wedding was

fixed then he burst into a hilarious

laughter.


I remember when my elder sis got

married two years ago when I was

11. She looked like the perfect bride
but in her inside she was boiling

with hatred for both our father and

her husband, but she pretended

everything was fine, just to make

our father happy, just to protect the

family name.
I was scared. So scared that late in

the night, just 3 days before my

wedding I ran out of the house. I

didn’t know where I was going to

but I concluded that anywhere away
from home was ok. As I wandered

alone late that night, the sky began

to weep so I hid myself in a closed

shop.  After about 2 hours it was

still raining and I was terribly cold

so I lay under the table and prayed

for morning to come.
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