If tradition had had its way, senior counsel Zehrabanu Janmohamed would have been married at 17.
"I remember at the age of 17 I had my first marriage proposal. I know it sounds very odd, but I did," she said in an interview with Olivia Otieno, on Spice FM's Double O Direct.
"I had no clue who the man was, nobody even asked me, and all my dad told him was, 'Sorry, my daughter is going to study. No can do.'"
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