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Nigerien activist

Hadizatou Mani (born 1984) is a Nigerien human rights activist who fought a legal battle to free herself from slavery, and who since her emancipation has acted as an anti-slavery advocate.

Biography

Mani was born in Dogaroua in the Tahoua Region of central Niger in 1984.

When she was 12, she was sold into slavery for $500.

Hadijatou Mani Koraou v. Republic of Niger. Judgment No. ECW ...

She became her owner's fifth "wife", and had to carry out domestic tasks as well as physical labour. Mani was sexually abused throughout her enslavement and had four children, two of whom survived infancy.^[1]

In 2003, following international pressure, slavery became illegal in Niger. Timidria, a Nigerien non-governmental organisation, forced Mani's master to sign a certificate of emancipation for Mani and another of his wives, although Mani was not initially informed that she had been emancipated.^[1]

Multiple legal battles ensued following Mani's emancipation; the first upheld her freedom, while a Biography of Hadizatou Mani CUWIF