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Mr. Mogae, a former President of Botswana, had mandated Mr. Yusuf to travel to Banjul and make the presentation on his behalf, owing to travel challenges across many parts of the world in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In normal times, the award ceremonies are held in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, where the Daily Trust’s headquarters is located.
Announcing the decision to confer the 2020 Daily Trust African of the Year award on Ms Sawo, Mr. Yusuf said the Gambian lawyer won the award as a result of her “consistent work to end violence against girls and women, including child marriage and female genital mutilation”.
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Musu Bakoto Sawo emerges 2020 Daily Trust African of the Year - January 17, 2021
Musu Bakoto Sawo, a Gambian changemaker and tireless women rights advocate, has emerged winner of the 2020 Daily Trust African of the Year award.
A seven-member award selection committee led by the former President of Botswana, His Excellency, Dr. Festus Mogae announced her as the winner on January 4, 2020 after rigorous virtual selection meetings which commenced on December 10, 2020.
Musu, a 30-year-old lawyer, won the 2020 award for her continuous commitment to ending violence against girls and women including child marriage and female genital mutilation. Married at the age of 14 and widowed at 21 with no inheritance, Musu, who had also gone through female genital mutilation as a child, still strove to earn quality education that has catapulted her to her current position as a university lecturer, who is also striving to address the injustices that women face daily acros
Being a victim of female genital mutilation, married off at 14 and widowed at 21, she has continued to use her experiences to challenge these same practices.
She emerged winner after a rigorous selection process carried out by a committee led by a former President of Botswana, Dr Festus Mogae.
The pan-African committee, which had as members Ambassador Ms Mona Omar (North Africa), Ms Gwen Lister (Southern Africa), Mr Amadou Mahtar Ba (West Africa), Pastor Rigobert Minani Bihuzo (Central Africa), and Mr Kabiru Yusuf (West Africa), began sitting on December 10, 2020 and announced Mrs Sawo as the winner of the award on January 4, 2021.