Michael Palin in Nigeria

Episode 2 (1x2)

Fecha de emisión: Abr 23, 2024

As well as visiting Nigeria's new capital, Abuja, Palin meets Amina Ali Nkeki, one of the 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014. In an emotional interview, she tells Palin her harrowing story and how she was forced to marry one of her captors before finally being reunited with her mother after a traumatic escape. In the end, Amina had a child, but they both managed to escape. She's 25 and at college now. No one knows where the husband is, but her little girl came to the interview. She was rushing around and I thought, "Gosh, what you've been through to produce a child of such energy and vitality is amazing." 'What also really surprised me is that Amina didn't seem sorry for herself, nor did she seem to cast blame. There isn't a great deal of bitterness