I've seen children snatched away from their mothers, never … - Helon Habila

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I've seen children snatched away from their mothers, never to be reunited. I've seen husbands taken from their wives and kids and sent away to prison. I've seen grown men flogged by soldiers in front of their kids. That's how history is made, and it's our job to witness it.

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Helon Habila Ngalabak (born November 1967) is a Nigerian novelist and poet.

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