Northern Nigeria’s female basketball players chase bigger dreams
- Abuja, Nigeria – Khamila Sani Ibrahim remembers growing up in Kano State in northern Nigeria, where opportunities for girls to play organised sport were limited and seeing girls on the basketball court was uncommon.
- When visiting her grandparents during school holidays, she had to find ways to fit basketball around family expectations.
- “It is very hard for me to train in basketball,” Ibrahim said.
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- Abuja, Nigeria – Khamila Sani Ibrahim remembers growing up in Kano State in northern Nigeria, where opportunities for girls to play organised sport were limited and seeing girls on the basketball court was uncommon.
- When visiting her grandparents during school holidays, she had to find ways to fit basketball around family expectations.
- “It is very hard for me to train in basketball,” Ibrahim said.
Sources: Al Jazeera