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Image copyright Reuters In our series of letters from African journalists, novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at what lies ahead for some of the girls who have been released by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria. To enable the 21 recently freed Chibok girls to avoid the stigma usually …

Image copyright Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Image caption Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani’s father wanted his children to master English In our series of letters from African journalists, Nigerian novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani recalls how she was banned from speaking her mother tongue. My parents forbade my local language, Igbo, from …