When employers discover he has haemophilia, Sanusi Bolaji is usually sacked. It has happened 16 times. Bosses don’t like it that the graphic designer, from Akure in Nigeria, has to take days off sick, or they don’t believe he can do the job properly because of his illness.
The 29-year-old now freelances from home. He had to give up his ambition to be an electrical engineer because employers felt the physical demands of the work were too hazardous for him.