SocietySenegal’s first elite girls’ boarding school challenges patriarchal norms

On Gorée Island off Dakar, the Mariama Ba School of Excellence is Senegal’s first elite boarding school for girls. It urges students to question traditional expectations for girls in the predominantly Muslim West African country. The state fully funds tuition and boarding for its 35 annual students, and the school has a 100% completion rate.

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