Vestiges Of Violence

Vestiges Of Violence

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VOV 127: Freedom for Sale

You are at home, preparing for a quiet evening after your night prayers. Life is hard, but at least your family is together. Then, without warning, armed men storm into your village. They yell commands you can barely process. Panic sweeps through your body like fire. You run into the darkness, heart pounding, hoping, praying to escape. But the night offers no shield. They find you. They drag you out. And from this moment, life as you knew it changes entirely. This episode of Vestiges of Violence tells the story of Huraira and her days in captivity.

VOV 126: The Last Day At Home

You’re at home with your husband and four children, preparing lunch like any other day. Then armed terrorists surround your town. They storm homes, steal farm produce, and kill anyone who resists. You flee into the bushes, scattering with your loved ones in different directions. When the dust settles, you are told your husband’s body has been found. Home is no longer safe, so you leave to start over. But what would starting over look like?

VOV 125: The Missing And Those Who Miss Them II

The most precious thing a war can take is a loved one. Sometimes, the violence is even more brutal when it offers no closure: no corpse to pray over, no grave to visit. When someone you love goes missing, and after years of not knowing and not hearing from them, you still hope for a reunion; it becomes a slow, painful wait. But what happens when it has been over a decade of waiting, and your memories feel like the only proof that they ever existed? What do you do when there is no proof of life?

VOV 124: Her Son Stepped On A Bomb

You are married to a soldier with whom you’ve built a life and raised six children. Then, one day, he is deployed to war and never returns. Years later, as insurgency threats start to surface in your city, your son steps on a bomb that explodes. You’re uncertain whether he will survive, and you rush him to a hospital in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria, hoping to give him a fighting chance. A decade later, you still cannot return home. The insurgency remains relentless. Now, you are being evicted from the settlement camp where you’ve stayed for years. What do you do? Where do you go?

VOV 123: Staying Afloat

You are a single mother of eight, raising your children in an IDP camp in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory after fleeing a brutal attack by the Boko Haram terror group. The makeshift school offers little hope for your children’s education, and your once-thriving food business barely keeps you afloat now. Aid is dwindling, and your needs keep growing. How do you cope with the demolition threats to your camp, your son's arrest, and the confiscation of bikes meant to provide income, when every attempt to build a better life feels futile?

VOV 122: Standing Tall

What do you do when your son is abducted by Boko Haram and groomed to fight for them, while you face eviction in your home? For #IWD2025, #VOV follows the life of Ya Hauwa, who rose to becoming the only woman working as a house agent in Borno, northeastern Nigeria.

VOV 121: Pregnant and Fleeing

In April 2024, a conflict erupted in Nasarawa, North-central Nigeria, over a land dispute, forcing many people to flee. #VOV follows the lives of two pregnant women who fled and are now displaced, dealing with an unimaginable loss.

VOV: Special Episode: One Year of The Girls Left Behind

One year of The Girls Left Behind, has anything changed? In this special podcast episode, we chat with Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu about the documentation of the #BirninYauriGirls.

VOV 120: A Night Of Destruction

One night in December, terrorists attacked a small community in Gombe, northeastern Nigeria, leaving behind burnt ruins. This episode of Vestiges of Violence narrates the story of 58-year-old Tabitha, who lost her husband that night.

VOV 119: 11 Long Years In Detention

This episode of #VOV tells the story of Aisha, who, like her husband, was arrested by the Nigerian military. For 11 years, she lived in a cell, losing touch with her children and society. Now free, she struggles to reintegrate into society.

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