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Introduction to Child’s Rights in Nigeria Twelve-year-old Amara sat beneath the mango tree in their dusty compound in Kano, her younger brother Emeka at her side. Their neighbour’s daughter, nine-year-old Chidinma, had just been withdrawn from school to help with domestic chores, and whispers of an arranged betrothal had begun to circulate. Amara’s mother, Mrs. […]