EVERYDAY BABA

GENDER BASED VIOLENCE (GBV) IS LALA SELLS IN

DEFINED AS HARM INFLICTED ON HIS SHOP. HE
A PERSON BECAUSE OF THEM WAS ONE OF THE
BEING MALE OR FEMALE, RESULTS WELL-KNOWN
FROM GENDER AND SOCIALLY BUSINESSMEN
ASCRIBED ROLES. IN HIS VILLAGE
G.B.V MANIFESTS IN THE FOL-
LOWING WAYS SUCH AS EARLY,
CHILD AND FORCED MARRIAGE,
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, PHYSICAL
EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
VIOLENCE, RAPE.
THE QUESTION LIES ON WHETH-
ER: CAN GBV BE PREVENTED? DO
YOU ENJOY G.B.V? LIKE ALL THE OTHER

LONG AGO, GIRLS AND WOMEN GIRLS, LALA ALWAYS

WERE NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK HELPED HER MOTHER

OUT THEIR MIND. MOST DECI- WITH HOUSE CHORES.

SIONS WERE MADE FOR THEM BY LALA WAS ONE OF THE

MEN. THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED FEW SCHOOL-GOING

TO GO TO SCHOOL, AND THEY GIRLS

WOULD BE MARRIED-OFF AGAINST

THEIR WISHES AND KNOWLEDGE.
HOWEVER, NOWADAYS, GIRLS
AND WOMEN HAVE RIGHTS AND
THEY CAN MAKE DECISIONS AND
CHOICES DEPENDING ON WHAT
THEY THINK AND FEEL IS GOOD
FOR THEIR FUTURE.
MAMA LALA WAS A
HOUSEWIFE AND
STAYED HOME TO
TAKE CARE OF THE
C H I L D R E N .
 IN THIS VILLAGE, GIRLS WERE I DON‛T LOVE THIS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
ALWAYS MARRIED OFF AGAINST OLD MAN. WHAT YOUR WARM WELCOME AND
THEIR WILL. ONLY MEN IN THE SHOULD I DO TO OPENING YOUR DOORS FOR
CLAN MADE DECISIONS ON ESCAPE FROM THIS US. I DIDN‛T COME ALONE I
MARRIAGE ISSUES. ARRANGED MARRIAGE? CAME WITH MY BROTHER
AND PENGOS HUSBAND.

MY NAME IS MZEE PUNDA AN ELDER

FROM PENGOS FAMILY. ALLOW ME
WELCOME YOU TO OUR HOME AND
HOPE THAT YOU PEOPLE HAVE COME
READY TO FINISH UP THE WEDDING
ARRANGEMENTS.

IN THE LETTER WE
AS YOU CAN SEE OUR DAUGHTER
SENT YOU, WE ASKED
PENGO IS VERY BEAUTIFUL, WE
FOR ONE HUNDRED
HOPE MORE MEN FROM YOUR
COWS AND A BULL. WE HAVE ACTUALLY
FAMILY WHO HAVE NOT YET
COME WITH ALL THE
MARRIED COME BECAUSE WE STILL
REQUIREMENTS YOU
HAVE VERY MANY OF THEM AND
ASKED FOR AND THE
OUR DOORS ARE OPEN.
COWS ARE ON THE
MONTHS LATER, THE IN-LAWS OTHER SIDE. THE YOUTH
WHEN THE BRIDE PRICE WAS CAME BACK TO PENGOS FAMILY CAN GO AND COUNT
PAID, PENGO DECIDED TO RUN DEMANDING FOR THEIR BRIDE THEM.
AWAY TO HER BOYFRIENDS PLACE PRICE TO BE REPLACED IF NOT
AND GETS PREGNANT FOR HIM. THEY NEEDED A COMPENSATION.

MY DEAR, PLEASE PROM-

ISE ME THAT YOU WILL
NEVER LEAVE ME AND
WILL GET THROUGH
THIS TOGETHER.

I WILL STAND BY
YOU AND TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR
HOW CAN WE COM-
YOU AND MY BABY…
PLETE ALL THE
ARRANGEMENTS THEY ALL WE NEED IS
ASKED FOR THEN THIS EITHER OUR BRIDE-
GIRL DISAPPOINTS PRICE BACK OR WE
AND ASHAMES US LIKE BE GIVEN A COM-
THIS? WHAT DO WE PENSATION IN
DO NOW? PLACE OF PENGO
LALA WAS SO WORRIED WON-
DERING WHAT THE ELDERS HAD
BEEN DISCUSSING WITH HER
FATHER IN THE MORNING AS
SHE WENT TO SCHOOL.

…AND IF THEY
WANT THEIR
CATTLE BACK I
WILL WORK HARD
AND PAY IT ALL.

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 THAT EVENING LALAS FATHER
ASKED TO SPEAK TO HER. FATHER ME? I DON‛T
WANT THIS MARRIAGE.
YES FATHER YOU I DON‛T LOVE THAT OLD
ASKED TO TALK MAN… WHAT ABOUT MY
TO ME SCHOOL?

DON‛T WORRY YOUR

HUSBAND WILL PAY
YOUR SCHOOL FEES
WHEN YOU GO TO
HIS HOME.

STOP CRYING LALA

YES I DID. UMMM THIS MORNING PENGOS HE PROMISED YOUR
IN-LAWS CAME HERE AND WE HAD A FEW FATHER THAT HE
DISCUSSIONS. I KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD TAKE YOU
YOUR SISTER PENGO HAS DONE SO THE BACK TO SCHOOL
IN-LAWS WANT A COMPENSATION IN
PLACE OF PENGO AND SO THE ELDERS
DECIDED THAT SINCE YOU ARE MY ELDEST
DAUGHTER YOU WILL BE GIVEN IN PLACE PLEASE MZEE
MAKELELE TAKE VERY YES I WILL
OF PENGO.
GOOD CARE OF MY BECAUSE SHE IS
MAMA LALA PREPARES LALAS DAUGHTER NOW MY RESPON-
THINGS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY- SIBILITY.
THING IS READY BY THE TIME HER OOOOH!!!!WHAT
HUSBAND COMES TO TAKE HER. WILL HAPPEN TO
MY SCHOOL?
WHAT ABOUT MY
DREAMS?
LALA REMEMBER
EVERYTHING I HAVE
TAUGHT YOU, TAKE
VERY GOOD CARE OF
YOUR HUSBAND HAPPY.

I HOPE YOU STILL KEEP YOUR

PROMISE OF TAKING MY DAUGHTER
BACK TO SCHOOL. SHE IS ALL I
GOT AND THE ONLY BRIGHTEST
DAUGHTER. REMEMBER SHE WANTS
TO BECOME A DOCTOR.

OF COURSE I WILL
TAKE HER BACK TO
SCHOOL.

LALAS HUSBAND TAKES HER

AND THEY BEGIN THEIR JOUR-
NEY TO START THEIR HOME.

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EARLY IN THE MORNING LALA
WAKES UP AND BEGINS DOING HER
LALA I AM HUNGRY I
HOUSE CHORES WHILE MZEE
WANT TO EAT. LEAVE
MAKELELE WORKS ON HIS BICYCLE.
THOSE CLOTHES AND GO
MAKE ME SOMETHING
TO EAT.

CLOTHES ARE NOT

IMPORTANT THAN
MY STOMACH

AM SORRY YOU WILL

HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL I
FINISH WASHING THIS
CLOTHES…

…BECAUSE THERE IS
NOTHING IN THE HOUSE
TO BE PREPARED NOW.

YOU DID NOT BRING

ANYTHING ALL YOU DO
IS DRINK THEN COME
HOME AND EXPECT TO
FIND SOMETHING TO
EAT.
BUT YOUR MY WIFE AND
I PAID A LOT OF COWS
ON YOU SO WHO DO YOU
EXPECT TO COME HELP
YOU WITH YOUR RESPON-
EVEN WITH MY
SIBILITIES?
PREGNANCY YOU
STILL EXPECT ME TO
DO EVERYTHING
AROUND THE HOUSE.
IF YOU‛RE NOT
CAREFUL I WILL
AFTER EATING THAT EVENING, LALA BRING A SECOND
FINISHED GRINDING HER FLOUR AS WIFE
YOU PROMISED MY FATHER
MZEE MAKELELE WAS RESTING THEN
THAT YOU WOULD TAKE ME
SHE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING
BACK TO SCHOOL BUT YOU HAVE
UP HER ISSUES ABOUT SCHOOL
NOT SAID ANYTHING ABOUT IT
SINCE I CAME TO YOUR HOME.

WHAT IS SCHOOL? YOUR

JUST A WOMAN AND I
HAVE MARRIED YOU
WHAT SCHOOL ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT? YOU
WANT TO GO TO
SCHOOL AND ALSO GO
GET PREGNANT LIKE
WHO WILL DO THE HOUSE
YOUR SISTER PENGO?
CHORES WHILE YOU ARE
AT SCHOOL? I DON‛T
WANT NOISE. YOU
BETTER KEEP QUIET OR

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ELSE YOU WILL GET WHAT
YOUR LOOKING FOR.
WHILE IN THEIR HOUSE AFTER YOU WANT TO
EXCHANGING WORDS, LALA REMINDS GO TO SCHOOL
HIM OF HER SCHOOL AGAIN AND IMME- AND GET
DIATELY HE STARTS BEATING HER. PREGNANT LIKE
YOUR SISTER
PENGO? TODAY
YOU PROMISED MY FATHER I WILL KILL
THAT YOU WOULD TAKE ME YOU IN THIS
BACK TO SCHOOL AND NOW YOU HOUSE.
NO LONGER WANT TO KEEP
YOUR PROMISE.
HELP!!!HELP
HE IS
I TOLD YOU I KILLING
DON‛T WANT ME
NOISE OR ELSE
I WILL BEAT
YOU

YOU LOOK
ONE MORNING AS SHE WAS
HEADING TO THE MARKET
SICK IS
SHE MET WITH HER NEIGH- EVERYTHING
BOR ON THE WAY. OKAY?
YES NEIGHBOR
AM OKAY AND
EVERYBODY IS
TOO.
LALA HOW
ARE YOU AND
EVERYONE AT AM NOT SICK
HOME JUST TIRED BUT
DOING? I WILL BE OKAY

THE BEATINGS BECAME A TRADITION IN THAT HOUSE

AND LALA HAD A LOT OF WOUNDS AND SWELLINGS ON
HER FACE AND BODY. HER HUSBAND WOULD LOCK HER
IN THE HOUSE SO THAT SHE WOULD NOT ESCAPE.

WHILE HIDING HER FACE AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBOR SO THAT HER
NEIGHBOR WON‛T BE ABLE TO SEE THE SWOLLEN FACE AND THE BRUISES
AND ASK SO MANY QUESTIONS. MANY WOMEN EXPERIENCE GENDER
BASED VIOLENCE BUT INSTEAD CHOOSE TO KEEP SILENT ABOUT IT.

LALA YOUR FACE IS

SWOLLEN AND YOU HAVE
WOUNDS WHAT HAP-
PENED?

NOTHING I JUST
FELL IN THE BATH-
ROOM AND HURT MY
FACE BUT I WILL BE
OKAY.

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 MAMA LALA, LALA CALLED ME
THE OTHER DAY AND THREAT-
ENED TO KILL HERSELF IF I
DIDN‛T TALK TO HER HUSBAND
TO RELEASE HER AND COME
HOME. I THINK SOMETHING IS
WRONG SO WE SHOULD BE
EXPECTING HER TODAY.

FINALLY I LEAVE THIS

OLD MAN‛S NAGGING
HOUSE. HE THOUGHT I
BABA LALA TELLS MAMA LALA ABOUT A CALL HE WILL BE COMING BACK LET
RECEIVED FROM LALA ASKING HIM TO TALK TO HER HIM JUST WAIT AND SEE.
HUSBAND TO ALLOW HER COME HOME BECAUSE SHE I CAN‛T WAIT TO REACH
NEEDED ATTENTION ON GIVING BIRTH. HOME AND SEE MY FATHER
AFTER A LONG TIME.

YOUR WELCOME
MY DAUGHTER WHY DID YOU
HOW WAS YOUR LEAVE YOUR
JOURNEY? HUSBAND‛S HOME
LALA? YOU HAVE YES BABA I
TO GO BACK. HAD A SAFE
JOURNEY BUT
AM SO TIRED.

ON ARRIVAL, BABA LALA WARMLY WEL-

COMES LALA BUT HER MOTHER STARTS
QUARRELLING AND ASKING WHY SHE
DECIDED TO LEAVE THE HUSBANDS HOME
AND RETURN TO THE FATHER‛S

BABA, THIS MAN HAS BEEN

BEATING ME FROM THE DAY I
WENT TO HIS HOME JUST
BECAUSE I ASKED HIM ABOUT
MY EDUCATION. THIS IS SOME-
THING HE PROMISED HE WOULD
LALA FIRST TELL DO BUT HE FAILED TO KEEP HIS
ME EXACTLY WHAT PROMISE. HE KICKS MY HEAD,
HAPPENED AT YOUR STOMACH FORGETTING THAT
HUSBAND‛S HOME. AM A PREGNANT WOMAN. I
WOULD HAVE DIED WITH THIS
BABY IN MY WOMB. I JUST
AM SORRY. IT‛S ALL MY FAULT. I SHOULD WANT TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL
NOT HAVE GIVEN YOU AWAY FOR MAR- SO THAT I FINISH MY UNIVER-
RIAGE INSTEAD YOU WILL HAVE BEEN SITY AND GRADUATE. I DO NOT
STUDYING AND NOT GO THROUGH ALL WANT THAT MARRIAGE AGAIN.
THIS PROBLEMS YOU HAVE BEEN FACING.
ANYWAY IT‛S NOT TOO LATE I WILL GO
WITH YOU TO SEE YOUR HEADMASTER

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TOMORROW TO ASK HIM TO ACCEPT YOU
TO DO YOUR FINAL EXAMINATIONS.
 GOOD MORNING
BABA LALA AND
SIR HOPE YOU
LALA COME TO SEE
ARE WELL.
THE HEADMASTER
THE NEXT MORNING

GOOD
MORNING
SIR
BABA LALA YOU
KNOW THE
SCHOOL DOES NOT
LALA AND I JUST ACCEPT SUCH KIND
CAME TO TALK YOU OF SCENARIOS
ABOUT LALAS EDUCA- BECAUSE IT
TION. SHE HAD MIGHT SPOIL THE
BEING AWAY AFTER SCHOOLS IMAGE
BEING MARRIED OFF AND OTHER GIRLS
AND NOW SHE IS MIGHT ALSO SEE
BACK SO SHE THIS KIND OF
WANTED TO CON- THINGS AND DO
TINUE IN ORDER TO THE SAME. AM
COMPLETE HER S3 ONLY GOING TO
AND I WOULD BE ALLOW LALA BACK
HAPPY IF YOU BECAUSE SHE IS A
ACCEPTED HER BACK. GOOD STUDENT
IT WAS MY FAULT AND I KNOW YOU
AND I ACCEPT MY TOO IF NOT FOR
ON HER FIRST DAY BACK TO SCHOOL MISTAKE.
SHE FELT EMBARRASSED AS HER THOSE REASONS I
CLASSMATES LAUGHED AND KEPT WAS NOT GOING
GIGGLING AS SHE ENTERED THE TO CHANGE MY
CLASSROOM. KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!!!! MIND. LALA CAN
OOOH LALA YOUR GO TO CLASS BUT
WELCOME BACK PLEASE YOU AND I NEED
COME IN. TO TALK.

HAAAHAAAAA
SHE HAS A BIG TUMMY,
WAAAAAAAAA SHE IS PREG-
NANT BUT WHO IS THE
HUSBAND? ONE STUDENT
ALSO GIGGLED.

LALA YOU LOOK UPSET

MINDED IN MY CLASS. IS
FRUSTRATED AND EMBARRASSED THERE ANY PROBLEM???
SHE TAKES HER SEAT AND TEARS
BEGIN TO ROLL DOWN HER CHEEKS.

NO MADAME
EVERYTHING
IS OKAY.

THEN IF ALL
IS OKAY YOU BETTER
CONCENTRATE IN MY
CLASS.

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LALA WOULD STRUGGLE ALL NIGHT TO STUDY HARD
USING A CANDLE DESPITE BEEN TIRED BECAUSE LALA HAD ONE BEST FRIEND IN HER SCHOOL
SHE WANTED TO CATCH UP WITH THE TIME SHE WHO ALWAYS TALKED TO HER AND COUNSELED
LOST WHILE SHE WAS AWAY FROM SCHOOL. SHE HER. SHE ALSO HELPED LALA WITH SOME OF
WANTED TO PASS WITH FLYING COLORS. THE SUBJECTS DURING THEIR FREE TIMES.

I DON‛T KNOW IF I
WILL PASS WELL.
THIS BABY MAKES
ME SO TIRED AND I
SLEEP SO FAST. DON‛T WORRY
YOU WILL PASS.
I BELIEVE IN
YOU JUST KEEP
ON THE SPIRIT.
IF THERE IS
SOMETHING YOU
DON‛T UNDER-
STAND PLEASE
WHILE WALKING HOME THAT EVENING, LALA DECIDED TO NAR- LET ME KNOW I
RATE TO HER FRIEND ABOUT HOW SHE WAS GIVEN AWAY AS WILL HELP YOU
COMPENSATION AND HOW HER HUSBAND USED TO BEAT HER. OUT.

I WAS GIVEN AS COMPENSA- AM VERY SORRY

TION IN PLACE OF MY THAT ALL THIS
COUSIN SISTER PENGO AND HAPPENED TO
WHEN I WENT TO MY YOU BUT YOU
HUSBAND‛S HOME MY ARE STILL
HUSBAND WOULD BEAT ME STRONG. AM
EVERY DAY AND EVEN LOCK
HAPPY YOU TOOK
ME IN THE HOUSE.
A DECISION TO
RETURN HOME
I DECIDED TO LIE THAT I
NEEDED ATTENTION ON AND CONTINUE
GIVING BIRTH AND THAT‛S WITH SCHOOL. I
HOW I ESCAPED WITH NO THINK YOU
INTENTIONS OF EVER SHOULD TALK TO
GOING BACK. I TOLD MY MADAME CHIKO
FATHER EVERYTHING AND ABOUT THIS
HIS SO SUPPORTIVE BUT MAYBE SHE
MY MOTHER FRUSTRATES COULD HELP. WE
ME A LOT. SHOULD GET
HOME NOW.

SHE WANTS ME TO GO
BACK TO MY HUSBAND‛S
HOME WHICH I DON‛T
WANT. I CANNOT TALK TO
ANYONE ABOUT THIS
BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT
PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED TO ME.

HOW ARE YOU

GIRLS?? AND WHERE
ARE YOU COMING
FROM??

MAMA LALA QUARRELS WITH LALA ABOUT

GOING TO SCHOOL AND TELLS HER TO
RETURN BACK TO HER HUSBAND‛S HOME.
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 HOW ARE YOU
MAMA LALA?
HOPE YOU ARE
OKAY

UUUH WHAT SCHOOL

LALA?? DIDN‛T I TELL YOU
NOT TO GO TO SCHOOL??
LALA, LALA, LALA!!!!! HOW
DO YOU GO TO SCHOOL
WITH YOUR BIG STOM-
ACH?? ONCE YOU ARE
MARRIED THAT IS THE
LAST UNIVERSITY. SCHOOL
FOR WHAT AGAIN??

UHHH!!!!!
MAMA LALA
WE ARE OKAY
MAMA. WE ARE
COMING FROM
SCHOOL. MAMA LALA
WHAT??? GET
YOU RUN AWAY AWAY FROM MY
FROM YOUR FACE!!!!!!
HUSBAND‛S
HOME JUST
BECAUSE OF I WANT YOU TO
SCHOOL. DO YOU GO BACK TO YOUR
REALLY HAVE HUSBAND‛S HOME.
BRAINS OR THAT HAVE YOU HEARD
IS STUPIDITY?? ME???

LET‛S GO TO MY
ROOM. NOW YOU
HAVE SEEING HOW DON‛T WORRY
SHE TREATS ME IN ABOUT HER.
THIS HOME. EVERYTHING WILL
BE OKAY.

I NEED TO GO HOME NOW

BEFORE IT GETS LATE. YOU
NEED TO GO AND REST I
WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE LALA

LALA IS REALLY
GOING THROUGH
A LOT I THINK I
HAVE TO DO
SOMETHING TO
HELP HER.

OKAY THANK YOU

SEE YOU TOMOR-
ROW. BYE. LALAS FRIEND THINKS
ABOUT TALKING TO MADAME
CHIKO ABOUT WHAT LALA IS
GOING THROUGH.

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THE NEXT DAY SHE VISITS MADAME
CHIKO IN THE STAFFROOM AND DECIDES GOOD MORNING
TO NARRATE LALAS STORY TO HER. MADAME CHIKO HOW
ARE YOU??CAN I
PLEASE TALK TO
YOU?

AM FINE YOU‛RE
WELCOME. YES
WE CAN TALK
HOW CAN I HELP
YOU??

IT‛S ABOUT LALA. SHE

HAS BEING GOING
THROUGH A LOT. LALA
WAS FORCED INTO EARLY
MARRIAGE TO AN OLD
MAN AS A COMPENSATION
IN PLACE OF HER COUSIN
SISTER AND HER HUS-
BAND USED TO MISTREAT
HER AND BEAT HER EVERY
DAY AFTER WHICH SHE
DECIDED TO COME BACK
HOME AFTER LYING THAT
SHE NEEDED ATTENTION.
HER FATHER SUPPORTS
HER BUT HER MOTHER
NOW I KNOW WHY FRUSTRATES HER A LOT
LALA LOOKS UPSET BECAUSE SHE TALKS
MINDED AND DOESN‛T ABOUT THE DOWRY THAT
CONCENTRATE IN WAS PAID ON LALA.
CLASS. I WILL HAVE PLEASE HELP HER
TO DO SOMETHING AFTER CLASSES AS THE CHILDREN
ABOUT THIS. WERE BUSY PLAYING MADAME CHIKO
DECIDES TO VISIT LALAS HOME.

AFTER SCHOOL MADAME CHIKO PAYS A VISIT I HAVE TO

TO LALAS HOME AND FROM A FAR SHE COULD HELP THIS GIRL
SEE LALA SITTED ALL ALONE BURIED IN HER BECAUSE SHE IS
THOUGHTS. A VERY BRIGHT
STUDENT.

I THINK NOW I I WILL TRY MY

UNDERSTAND BEST TO FIGHT
WHY LALA HAS FIGHT FOR HER
NOT BEEN CON- RIGHTS
CENTRATING IN
MY CLASS. IT IS
MY DUTY AS HER
CLASS TEACHER
TO HELP HER
OUT OF THIS.
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 HELLO MAMA LALA AND BABA
LALA WAS SITTED NEAR HER LALA? I JUST CAME BECAUSE I WHAT EXACTLY
HUT AS HER TEACHER AND PAR- LEARNT THAT LALA HAS NOT COULD THE ISSUE
ENTS WERE BUSY HAVING THEIR BEEN CONCENTRATING IN CLASS BE?
DISCUSSIONS. AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE ISSUE DIDN‛T I TELL YOU ONCE
IS FROM HOME. A WOMAN IS PREGNANT
SHE CAN NO LONGER
CONCENTRATE. THE
HEAD IS FILLED WITH
OTHER ISSUES AND
CANNOT DO WELL IN
SCHOOL ANYMORE. SHE
SHOULD GO BACK TO HER
HUSBAND‛S HOME.

SO THIS WOMAN IS THE

CAUSE OF ALL HER DAUGHTERS‛
PROBLEMS!!!!! I THINK I SHOULD
INTERVENE THE LAW IN THIS.

MAMA LALA DIDN‛T I

TELL YOU LEAVE MY
MAMA LALA YOU‛RE DAUGHTER ALONE? I
SUPPOSED TO BE SAID THIS GIRL
SUPPORTING YOUR SHOULD BE LEFT TO GO
DAUGHTER AND NOT TO SCHOOL AND READ
GIVING HER HARD HER BOOKS. I KNOW
TIME. YOUR ROLE HOW I WILL TAKE CARE
AS A MOTHER IS TO OF EVERYTHING
ADVISE HER AND BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH
HELP HER FORGET THIS IN-LAW IS TO
EVERYTHING THAT COME THEY WILL ASK
MADAME ME AND NOT YOU. WHY
HAS HAPPENED BUT CHIKO GOES
UNFORTUNATELY DON‛T YOU REALLY
ASIDE AND
YOU WANT TO SEND MAKES A CALL WANT TO LISTEN??
HER BACK TO HER TO THE HEAD
OF THE
HUSBAND‛S HOME
POLICE
AGAINST HER WILL. ASKING HIM
TO COME TO
BABA LALAS
HOME TO
INTERVENE
IN A SERIOUS
ISSUE THAT
CONCERNED
LALAS
THE POLICEMAN
EDUCATION IMMEDIATELY
AND FEATURE. TOOK HIS CAR AND
DROVE TO BABA
LALAS HOME.

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 THE POLICEMAN WARNS EVERYONE WHO WAS
INVOLVED IN LALAS ISSUE OF SERIOUS PUNISH- I HAVE HEARD THAT
MENT BY THE LAW IF ANY CASES ARE REPORTED LALA WAS MARRIED OFF
AGAIN. TO MZEE MAKELELE AT AN
EARLY AGE. THIS OLD
MAN MISTREATED LALA
TO THE EXTEND LALA
COULD NOT TAKE IT
ANYMORE THEN DECIDED
TO LIE IN ORDER TO
COME BACK HOME. HIS
FATHER HAS BEING SUP-
PORTIVE BUT THE
MOTHER STILL WANTS
HER TO GO BACK TO HER
HUSBAND‛S HOME
BECAUSE OF THE DOWRY.
LALA HAS ALL RIGHTS TO
GO TO SCHOOL AND
FINISH HER EDUCATION.
SHE WILL DECIDE WHO
TO GET MARRIED TO
WHEN SHE WANTS.
ANYONE WHO CONTINUES
TO FORCE LALA TO
EITHER NOT GO TO
SCHOOL OR GO BACK TO
THE HUSBAND‛S HOME
WILL FACE THE LAW AND
INCUR SERIOUS PUNISH-
MENTS I HOPE AM CLEAR.

I DID NOT KNOW IT

WAS WRONG BUT
NOW AM AWARE LALA WILL REMAIN AT
THAT FORCED AND HIS FATHER‛S HOME AND
EARLY MARRIAGE IS FINISH HER EDUCATION.
WRONG. NO ONE WILL FORCE HER
TO GO BACK TO HER
HUSBAND‛S HOME.

YES I HAVE
HEARD.

?
REALLY

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IN THE END LALA CREDITS
COMPLETED HER PRIMARY AND CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT:
SECONDARY SCHOOL AND CROWN THE WOMAN TEAM

JOINED UNIVERSITY WHERE STORYLINE:

SHE GRADUATED AS A RIYA WILLIAM
&
DOCTOR. SHE THEN BECAME
NADIA SARAH
ONE OF THE BEST DOCTORS IN
SCRIPT WRITER:
THE COUNTRY. LALA STARTED
NADIA SARAH
HER OWN INITIATIVE OF
STORYBOARDING AND
MENTORING AND SUPPORTING DRAWING:
OTHER YOUNG GIRLS TO BREAK BUSIRI JULIUS

THE CHAINS OF GENDER GRAPHICS DESIGNER:

BASED VIOLENCE. ONIBA DAVID SOLOMON

EDITING:
CROWN THE WOMAN TEAM

BASED ON A TRUE STORY