We remember the Chibok Girls and how the #BringBackOurGirls campaign shook the world (PHOTOS)

 by Anike Jacobs

The last one year has been one of pain and despair for parents of the missing Chibok girls who were kidnapped exactly a year ago.

The 219 girls were kidnapped by the Boko Haram from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, in Borno state.

Below are pictures from the incident which gained global attention as well as the #BringBackOurGirls movement, which created awareness for the kidnapped girls.

A still from a video released by Boko Haram in April claiming to show the missing Nigerian schoolgirls
A still from a video released by Boko Haram in April claiming to show the missing Nigerian schoolgirls

 

After the girls went missing, the #BringBackourGirls campaign was launched – the hash tag became a voice and hope even in the international scene.

We bring back some of the photos as we mark the one year anniversary of the girls.

 Backing: Celebrities including Mary J Blige have joined a worldwide social media campaign putting pressure on the Nigerian government to bring the girls back

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Global support: (From left to right) Wunmi Shitta from Lagos, actress Julie Hesmondhalgh and Uju Nwolum, from Anambra attend a demonstration in Manchester about the kidnapping

Worldwide protest: Students from the European Student Union added their voices to the campaign

Demonstration: Women protest outside Nigeria's parliament in Abuja, trying to prompt officials to bring back the schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants, Boko Haram

Jada Pinkett-Smith pledged her support by posting a photo from Unicef on her Twitter page

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