Zambia/ Nigeria: The Future is Female, Cont'd
An animation for Vital Voices, an organisation working globally for women's independence. This film tells the childhood story of Kakenya Ntaiya, a Masai woman who negotiated herself out of an arranged marriage and convinced her village to collect money for her to study in the USA. She has since returned to the village and built a girls' school there. Directed by Aaron Kisner and Pistachios. Music by Dan Radlauer. Produced by Blacklist.
You can't help but contrast Kakenya Ntaiyamy's story (told in the award winning animated short above) about how she struck a deal to avoid child marriage in her village and take controll of her life to Yinka Ola Williams' profile (below) of 20 year old Oluchi Samuels trapped in a spiral of disfranchisement and poverty in a Lagos squatter settlement.
Girl Effect already explained how to disrupt the cycle and turn girls' lives into a global resource, and comparing both stories, it seems to us one stands a better chance of disrupting the chain of events if one gets to the girls before they hit the cities.
H/T: Mimi/ Sahara Reporters