Thank you so much for joining us on the playground today.
Thank you so much Adama, for sharing your story and your experiences, your trauma, and your thoughts and insights with us.
This has been such a moving and meaningful conversation, and I am confident her voice will continue to be heard, and that she will continue to be a positive agent of change in the world for many years to come.
My top 5 takeaways –
- When all hell breaks lose and everything that you knew has been taken away from you, you are not focused on your future. You are focused on making it through each moment.
- Even though her dad did not want his daughters to go to school, Adama was curious and would hang around school, not dressed in a uniform and her sister eventually registered her in school.
- Adama moved from a bubbly, strong confident girl as she went through the trauma of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and was not allowed to speak about it or get help to deal with it. When she finally received the therapy for the sexual violence she experienced she never discussed the trauma from FGM. Only recently are the different pieces of the puzzle starting to fit together.
- Finding her dearest friend, Askia, so many years later was a catalyst for Adama, and with his support and her trustees, she was able to take WHAN to another level.
- Adama is a force of nature, and a strong advocate for other women to obtain support to work though the sexual violence they have experienced.
Her philosophy is to take things one day at a time and that tomorrow is another day. This conversation has changed my life, and I am so grateful to have connected with Adama.
Thank you Adama and Askia. I appreciate you so much.
Please join us next time for another chat with a fabulous mystery guest, and until then, please join the Playground Project group on FB.
Please do visit the WHAN website – the link is below.
Links:
Charity | Women's Health Advocacy Network (WHAN)
ADAMA NYAMA (SILLAH) BAH | LinkedIn
BBC Two - The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan, Series 3, Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone | Culture, History, Maps, Languages, & People | Britannica
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