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How families in northern Nigeria are rewriting the rules on children

NPR | By Emmanuel Akinwotu
Published April 12, 2026 at 2:37 PM MST

Even in Africa's most populous country, attitudes about family size oare starting to shift. The change in thinking is most striking in Nigeria's Muslim and conservative north.

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Emmanuel Akinwotu
Emmanuel Akinwotu is an international correspondent for NPR. He joined NPR in 2022 from The Guardian, where he was West Africa correspondent.