Graca Machel has stopped her mourning period for late Nelson Mandela to support the search of the abducted Chibok Secondary School girls.
She said:
'The Nigerian government has a responsibility to protect its citizen, and keep them safe'
'If the world can mobilise all the means possible to search for a plane carrying 239 passengers, certainly it can also mobilise the means to find our girls. They deserve nothing less'
The traditional Xhosa mourning period is meant to go on for a year, but her own was reduced to 6 months
She also said:
'I decided to break the restrictions of my mourning because silence is not an option. I know however, that Madiba will understand and approve'
'I am a parent and so I stand amongst you holding your hands, in pain and anguish: in solidarity'
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