Seamus Murphy

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Maiduguri. Northern Nigeria. September 2007 Young boys enjoying the water. They belong to at an Al Majari ( Madrassa) where they are expected to exchange work-or begging- for their upkeep and education.The land can no longer support the farms that once supported the scholls ; so these teachers move to cities; and the only way to function is to send the kids out begging for most of the day.

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