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'I chose not to sell my body' - Nyota Ndogo's journey from househelp to musician

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Kenyan singer Nyota Ndogo recently shared a candid account of her path to success on Facebook.

At seventeen, she chose housekeeping over compromising her values, saying, "I was seventeen going on eighteen; I chose to be a housekeeper and not to sell my body."

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