As the World commemorated the African Day of the Child, a different kind of story was unfolding for Amina  Kidule and her family in Ulaya Kibaoni village, 32 kilometers from Kilosa town. At just 16, Amina is mother to a three month old baby boy.

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I have arrived in Buhingu, a lakeshore village in Kigoma rural district after a 16-hour timber canoe ride and a Mr. John Nchambi is going to be my host for a night or two.

The evening of my arrival, we sit around a big fire in their shabby home,...