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How Boko Haram terror shapes children’s lives in Cameroon

Posted on May 20, 2026September 25, 2026 by Martin Ngu
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In “The Shadow of Boko Haram”, a documentary awarded the Tiger Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival, Cameroonian filmmaker Cyrielle Raingou captures the lives of children living under the looming threat of terrorism and their efforts to rebuild their futures.

When asked by their teacher what they’d mold from clay, the children eagerly shout: “A tank!”, “A gun!”. The teacher gently corrects them: “No, let’s remove the weapons—let’s create something from our daily lives.” Meanwhile, the camera pans to armed Cameroonian soldiers, masked and stationed on every street corner, their weapons trained on an unseen threat.

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