Rahama Sadau has revealed how she was almost a victim of child marriage.
She is an actress that most of us who are not familiar with Kannywood movies know from MTV Shuga 6, where she played the character of Corporal Yasmin, a young, vibrant corper who made significant changes in the lives of the students in her PPA.
Rahama started acting in Nollywood movies in 2017. The ban placed on her in Kannywood movies because she appeared in a video that violated some Muslim clerics’ rules was a blessing in disguise.
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In an interview with Broadway TV, she recently spoke about how she almost got married at the tender age of 13.
She said, “Regarding girl child education and early marriage, it is a universal problem. We have a lot of those issues in the north.
“Some of us, artists from the north, have been fighting, raising awareness about these things, though it is a very sensitive issue, because whenever you touch the early child marriage thing, religion will definitely come in.
“I also went through the same thing. There was a time I almost got married at the age of 13. So many things happened. You should expect that especially from where I am coming from.
“It’s like a norm for a girl to get married at a very early age. It’s becoming normal and usual. For me, I will always be grateful for my mom. She always wants us to achieve what we want to in life.”
This experience led her to become an advocate against child marriages, sexual harassment, and child abuse.
