Nampayo
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But when
she was five years old, she was already engaged to be married. In the Maasai
culture, girls get married in their teens. Education for girls is not a priority. For those girls lucky
enough to finish primary education, only a few make it to
secondary school. Parents tend to spend what little money they have on
educating
boys rather than girls, whom are expect to marry and leave the family.
According to Maasai culture, girls marry at the time of adolescence,
which is when most girls finish primary school (age 13).
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