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Nyasha Chingono


A Zimbabwean secondary school student peeps through a hole in a sack that forms the wall of a makeshift classroom. Photograph: Aaron Ufumeli/EPA

'My family had no business selling me off for R4'

14 Jan 2019 00:00Nyasha Chingono

Think child marriages only happen in far off countries? Think again.


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