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Mae Azango Quotes

Liberia

Mae Azango is a Liberian journalist for FrontPage Africa. She is particularly known for her reports on female genital mutilation (FGM), which helped suspend the practice in the nation.

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I have devoted my life to journalism that exposes human rights violations and gives audiences tools to fight for accountability and change.

Speaking the truth about female genital cutting in my country has long been a dangerous thing to do.

In Liberia our investigative journalism has amplified the work of human rights activists, given a voice to those with no other recourse to justice and empowered Liberians to demand change.

I write for those who have no voice, for the poor, for those who cannot speak.

I want to spend my ink on ordinary people.

A lot of people don't have a voice. If I don't write about it, how will people know about it?

Investigative journalism is my vehicle to drive change and make Liberia a fairer and more equitable place for our children and grandchildren.

As a former refugee whose rights were constantly violated while I was in exile, I have devoted my life to journalism that exposes human rights violations and gives audiences tools to fight for accountability and change.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mae Azango (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.