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Aunty Ronke
The Makoko Guardian
The household's diplomatic and protective centre: a guardian who turns food, rules and promises into shelter.
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Aunty Ronke and Uncle Duro made a home in Makoko for Afolabi, Kehinde and Taiwo. Her care is practical and politically alert: she feeds first, reads what the children are hiding and knows that safety is built through relationships as much as walls.
