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NIGERIA’S NEWSMAGAZINE SINCE 1993

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Girls from Benin City who set out voluntarily, like Blessing, can become caught in a network of forced labor and sex work.PHOTOGRAPH BY ALEX MAJOLI / MAGNUM FOR THE NEW YORKER

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