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born 1977 Nigeria
Stephanie Kemi Busari (born 1977) is a Nigerian journalist notable for exclusively obtaining the "proof of life" video for the missing Chibok schoolgirls in the wake of the Bring Back Our Girls advocacy which led to negotiations with Boko Haram that resulted in the release of over 100 of the kidnapped schoolgirls.
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The Chibok girls are a symbol; a symbol of the women; of all the girls that have been stolen by Boko Haram.
Some men have funny ideas of how you should act on a date.
As a woman, you can’t limit yourself, the ages of limitations are definitely gone so, do it.
Every journalist has a story that defines them. For me, it’s one of the stories I would find very hard to let go as long as the girls are in Boko Haram captivity.
Parents have their own timeline for your life. You must create and embrace yours and BE HAPPY with your choices.
The sadness of an unhappy marriage and home seeps into your soul. It is crushing and turns you into a shell of who you are.
There’s no sliding scale of equality. We are all humans and deserve the same level of humanity.
Even if you don’t feel like you belong, you have to keep going. Don’t let the feeling of insecurity hold you back.
I came to Nigeria determined to make the most of an amazing career opportunity in a place that is home in my heart. You have to roll with the punches.
There’s something about this place that just grabs you and sucks you in. The energy is off the charts and I think that is what attracts people here.
Everything is about the mindset, I find. I choose to remain positive, even in the face of challenges. It’s not easy but it’s an attitude I find gets me through tough times.
My role is to say, there are problem here like everywhere in the world, we need to show a different tide, and we need to show people who are making impact, people who are making great things here.
We are a news network and we report the news as it happens. We must tell the stories we find.
Practice your craft daily. Watch those you admire, follow their steps, and emulate them. But you must start. Create your own opportunities.
Your life journey will take you on many different paths but you will end up where you are supposed to in the end. Trust the process. Pray always and don’t lose your humanity or compromise who you are in a bid to get to the top.
People share things innocently believing that it is true but that is how fake news is spread, through inattention and lack of verifying. Check that it is from a credible news source before sharing something online.
In the Uk, people wear jeans and top, sometimes, no make up, and off they go. But here, everybody pays attention to what you wear and how you look. Here, people take pride in how they dress. Here, it is dress how you want to be addressed but in the UK there is nothing like that.
We want to engage with the audience where they are, on mobile, on social, and also for those who are not connected online, on television. So it’s a multi-faceted, multi-platform approach using digital storytelling tools to tell African stories in a new way.
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