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14. Long days and nights in captivity

14. Long days and nights in captivity

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Aug 31, 2023
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Tupeni Baba writes of being kept hostage in the parliamentary complex for 56 days:

None of us imagined that we would be in captivity for such a long time. On many occasions, we even wondered whether we would live to see the sun the next day. We learnt to develop an attitude of living one day at a time. We sought strength and we were surprised to find str…

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