After more than 200 Chibok schoolgirls were abducted in Nigeria by Islamist terror group Boko Haram, the social media campaign #BringBackOurGirls took over sites like Twitter and Facebook. Twenty days after the girls vanished, Alasholuyi Kehinde, photographed here, joined the social media effort too.
Alasholuyi Charles Kehinde
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Kehinde, who works in marketing in Lagos, Nigeria, says he started taking the photos because the story really resonated with him.
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"I am a father of three kids, two girls and a boy. I just can't imagine the trauma I would feel if one of my girls was missing for a day," he said.
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The 40-year-old captured these photos in his office in Lagos.
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Weeks after the April 14 kidnapping of 276 Nigerian girls, worried families and supporters have blamed the government for not doing enough to find them.
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The social media campaign #BringBackOurGirls garnered supported from regular people to celebrities.
A deal came Thursday night after a month of negotiations between the Nigerian government and Boko Haram. There was an agreement to release the schoolgirls.
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"I never knew I would still be carrying the Bring Back Our Girls placards," said Kehinde.
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"Fingers are crossed that hopefully and finally the girls would be reunited with their families," Kehinde said.
