Human Trafficking In Nigeria

Modern Day Human Trafficking in Nigeria

As an individual, imagine going through the motions of a typical day to then realize a women figure has now vanished. This woman figure who has now vanished carried out roles such as a mother, sister, daughter, friend, and cousin. Considering this is a blessing as your only imagining such bazaar as for the women in Nigeria this is their reality. In the article “Child, Bride, Mother: Nigeria” by Stephanie Sinclair provides adequate information to the readers of the present day human trafficking which is taking place in Nigeria today. This modern day form of human trafficking in Nigeria has been going on for a while but society was not informed about this until the militant Islamist group Boko Haram
By definition the appeal of pathos is the use of emotion, this is where the readers being to experience their state of mind and decided how they feel on the topic. Readers are certainly able to feel sympathy towards the young girls of Nigeria in particular Hawa. How can you not feel for these girls who are victims of human trafficking? Hawa parents were killed right in front of her eye just for being reluctant to offer their child to Boko Haram group. Readers can feel the sorrow and hurt for Hawa whom is just seventeen years old and have to experience such tragedy. Sinclair really hits the appeal of pathos on the nail with Hawa’s son “The child was nearly 6 months old when Hawa, now 17, escaped from her captors. But the journey home provided new tragedies: During the long walk to Maiduguri the baby died. “I did not have enough milk to feed him,” she said.” (Sinclair 10) Hawa six-month old son died on her journey so freedom as she ran out of milk to feed her son along this way. Reader are able to establish sympathy for Hawa simply because she has been through a tremendous amount of obstacles just for a seventeen-year-old girl. “Child, Bride, and Mother: Nigeria” is a true example of the pathos
The appeal of logos is the facts presented in the article to persuade the readers of the claim established by the author. In the article “Child, Bride, Mother: Nigeria” by Stephanie Sinclair she uses the literary device of logos in the form of testimonials. In the article Sinclair uses the testimonies of multiple victims but in particular the one of Hawa, in order for the audience to evaluate the effect of human trafficking from the victim's point of view. For example, Hawa was a seventeen-year-old girl who has been affected directly by the modern form of Human trafficking in Nigeria today. In the article Hawa informs the readers of her encounter with the Boko Haram (the abductor) “the Boko Haram insurgents came to my house, one of them saw me and said, “I want to marry you.” I said I will not marry you. My parents will not give me to you. Then he said, “O.K., that is easy. Let me kill them.” (Sinclair 4) The testimony of Hawa is her personal experience that she had decided to share so that reader is able image exactly what she has been a victim of. Therefore, her testimony is a fact because it cannot be changed its simply the truth which aid the reader to believe the information that is provided by Sinclair. This is a prime example of logos being used by Sinclair as testimony is a form of employing reason and