I would rather sit down by myself, read and write. . . . My family says I'm focused. That focus makes her well-suited to serve as the team captain of an organization with ambitious plans for the future. Among the projects KIND anticipates is helping communities throughout Nigeria establish local radio programming in the five most common native languages. Deregulating radio and removing it from government control will enable people in Nigeria to get the news for the first time.
Radio also can provide people with important social services, such as health education.
For all her globe-trotting and activism, Hafsat keeps strong ties to family. In the aftermath of her mother's death, she has become head of the household in the suburban Maryland home she shares with three brothers and two sisters. An older brother, educated in the United States, has returned to Nigeria. When America turned its gaze toward Nigeria's political upheaval last summer, Hafsat became the family's spokesperson, appearing on news programs and being featured in newspapers and magazines. I understand that I'm just the one interested in the democracy movement.