Kathryn McDonnell Washington, District of Columbia www.kathrynmcdonnell.com
Chibok Girls Color Digital print 30 x 16 inches 2016
On April 14 2014 approximately 276 school girls between the ages of 16 and 18 were kidnapped from a school in Chibok, Nigeria by the terrorist group Boko Harum. Some of the girls managed to escape while the remaining 178 are still missing. Boko Harum uses sexual violence as a weapon of war by raping and forcing the girls into marriages or sold as slaves. Two years have passed and the girls have not been returned. Chibok Girls brings attention to the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. Missing girls are listed by name.
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