Rescuing kidnapped children is what motivated Aisha In 2017 after the Boko Haram sect launched a war against the Nigerian state and started kidnapping children.

“Rescuing children is what motivates Aisha. In 2017, she became pregnant for the first time, aged 39.

“Until then Aisha had thought she was unable to conceive, and every child she helped liberate felt like a surrogate rebirth.”

Meet Aisha, The Lady Hunter Who Kills Boko Haram Fighters In Sambisa Forest - See Photos 4

With little or no money from the government, the local hunters rely on their locally made weapons to defend their communities and fight a heavily armed Boko Haram terrorists in the forests and mountains.