Happy Mother’s Day! We hope you have a wonderful day! We wanted to share this beautiful pic of mum Mariatu kissing her son Abduli at home in Sierra Leone before she leaves for school. Mariatu is 18 and returned to mainstream schooling after taking Unicef-supported free classes for girls who became pregnant or gave birth during the Ebola emergency. To support herself and her child, Mariatu also sells slippers and started a vegetable garden. Enjoy mother’s day everyone! Photo: Unicef 2017 Grile #mothersday #mum #mumandson #love #familylove #kiss #happy #instagood #lovemum #photooftheday
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Jean-Michel Basquiat - Nervous System
1985, oil on linen, 28 x 28
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IAM - Intense Art Magazine
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She is a poet with a conscience.
Slam poetry artist Malika Ouattara, known as ‘Malika La Slammeuse’, is a student and women’s rights activist whose socially conscious music gives voice to some of the deepest concerns of girls and young women like herself, including love and unplanned pregnancy. Why slam poetry? Her response: “I slam for you.”
Click here to meet the other “Sheroes” in Burkina Faso whose stories illuminate a landscape dominated by such stark realities.
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