Categories: Western Africa

Graphic Novel: “Motherhood in crisis”

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Four women who have shared their stories of hardship and survival in Sierra Leone, a country where falling pregnant often means risking death. This novel has talked about 1 in 10 women in Sierra Leone die during childbirth. Healthcare systems are not developed. 

Read their stories:

Memunatu: The distant patient

‘Birth in my village’

Heela: The schoolgirl

‘My stolen future’

Kadiatu: The grieving mother

‘The devil at my door’

Tetteh: The prisoner

‘My punishment’

Data source: Al Jazeera

TOA Correspondent

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