From living in a room with 10 people in Mushin Idi- Araba to lifting trophies on the international stage and becoming a National VIP, Rasheedat Ajibade’s journey will break your heart and inspire you all at once.
She tells me about growing up in a compound with over a hundred people.
About washing toilets and bathrooms for money.
About selling kunu and zobo just to get by.
She played for FC Robo in Nigeria for 10 years without a salary.
And then, at 17, she left for Norway.
Sick. Injured. Lonely.
That’s when she knew she was depressed.
She says there were days she thought of giving it all up. Days she imagined collapsing on the pitch and never waking up.
And then she smiles and tells me how, in the middle of all that darkness, her relationship with God got sweeter.
How she began to see her life as bigger than her pain.
How even her trophy could be a tool to inspire the next generation.
We talk about survival. Faith. Purpose.
And how even the deepest valleys can lead to the highest mountains.
This is one of the most courageous stories I have ever heard.
And one of the strongest spirits I have ever met.
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