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Uganda's Punishment Island

When Mauda Kyitaragabirwe got pregnant in pre-independence Uganda, her parents sent her to Punishment Island, with the expectation she would die there.

She was saved and is the only known survivor who escaped the island. The 麻豆社's Patience Atuhaire went to meet her.

Image: Mauda Kyitaragabirwe
Credit: 麻豆社

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