I was failed twice: First by the man who defiled me, then by the stigma that followed

“My childhood was stolen by a man my family trusted. A man I regarded as my own grandfather. In a single moment, my life changed forever, leaving me to carry pain, pregnancy and heavy weight of judgment that was never mine to bare…” 

Read the Op-Ed written by Whitney Akinyi, author featured in Still, I Rise, on the Daily Nation here.

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