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A photo of Patience Bulus (M) and OkayAfrica CEO, Isha Sesay (R) having a chat in a library, with Sesay’s book “Beneath the Tamarind Tree” on a stool in between them.

Patience Bulus (M) and OkayAfrica CEO, Isha Sesay (R) having a chat in a library, with Sesay’s book “Beneath the Tamarind Tree” on a stool in between them.

Photo Courtesy of Isha Sesay.

“I Don’t Want Them to Be Forgotten:” A Survivor of the Chibok Kidnapping, Ten Years On

A decade ago, Patience Bulus’ life was irrevocably changed. She talks to OkayAfrica about escaping from the Chibok kidnapping, and the hope she holds for her former classmates who remain captive.