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Dear Heaven Maker:
Some people think Africa is, ‘The Dark Continent,’ ‘A Backward, Poor Continent,’ ‘An Illiterate Continent.’ Well, someone forgot to tell all of that to Hafsat Abiola-Costello, of Nigeria.
Both her father and her mother were killed by the government and instead of it taking her down, it spurred her on to transform both her country and her continent. She’s a ‘Vital Voices Global Leadership Award’ winner. I was very impressed by the commitment, clarity, and light shining out of this woman.
Watch this short video and prepare to be inspired. Hafsat shows what moral leadership is. She shows what empowering women is. She shows what equipping her society to show its inherent greatness is.
Two things she said in this video especially inspired me:
• “I always see possibility where people see problems.” I’m interested in “how to transform the problem so we can take advantage of the opportunity.”
• “Nigeria is Light. When Nigerians stand, nobody is going to be seeing any dark continent when they talk about Africa…nobody!”
Thank you Hafsat for being a Heaven Maker!
Martin Rutte
Martin Rutte
