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Bitterness, broken dreams for Benin's child slaves

06/24/2005 7:05:01 PM PDT · by wagglebee · 4 replies · 514+ views
Reuters ^ | 6/24/05 | Paawana Abalo

COTONOU, Benin (Reuters) - When she was 8, Rachelle Akawe's aunt sent her from Benin to work as a domestic servant in Niger. After 10 years, Akawe finally returned home, her childhood gone and her dreams in tatters. "I wanted to be a lawyer. Now at 26, I am learning to read and write," she said. "When you are a child slave, you do not have a choice ... you always feel abandoned ... you have no future. It stays with you for the rest of your life." Akawe's tale is unfortunately common in Benin, a tiny West African nation...

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