Alicia Keys has spoken of how motherhood moved her to become involved in the campaign for the return of the Nigerian girls abducted by Boko Haram.

 

Writing in an op-ed piece in today’s Guardian, the singer revealed that she spent her son Egypt’s sixth birthday protesting outside the Nigerian consulate in New York.

 

The 33-year-old, who is pregnant with her second child, revealed the extent of her heartbreak over the situation.

 

In the powerful piece, she writes:

 

“My awareness of social injustice became more apparent after I became a mother, and now I am pregnant with my second child. A woman becomes a lioness when she sees her unborn child’s future juxtaposed with the horrors of the world. On the one hand things are surprisingly positive, my generation and the one after mine want to change things. We see no international borders because of the internet, we are more global and more savvy.”

 

 

She adds:

 

“It’s not enough for me to tweet and go on news shows talking about my work. I want to be in the thick of it, to draw attention to things I believe are wrong. I hope my involvement can send a strong message that the global community has not forgotten about the Nigerian girls.”

 

Alicia, who is married to producer Swizz Beatz, announced back in July that she is expecting her second child.

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