Senegal elite girls' school empowers students to imagine a new future
Off the coast of Senegal’s capital Dakar, Goree Island is home to the country’s first elite boarding school for girls.
For Ndeye Awa Diop, arriving at the school as a 12-year-old from rural Senegal turned her life upside down.
At the Mariama Ba School of Excellence, students are encouraged to challenge what has traditionally been expected of girls across the predominantly Muslim West African nation.
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