Kano Grandmother Returns To School At 63

At an age when many women are enjoying retirement and spending time with their grandchildren, 63-year-old Furera Muhammad has returned to the classroom to pursue the education she was denied as a child.
Furera, who attends an Islamic school alongside some of her grandchildren in Rigafada, Kano State, said she still regrets missing the opportunity to receive a formal education during her childhood, when girls of her generation were rarely encouraged to attend school.
“I wish I had gone to school when I was young, rather than now with my grandchildren,” she said, adding that she would probably have become a teacher if she had been allowed to pursue formal education.
She explained that...