self-reliant

As a child of the West, she was especially drawn to the films of John Wayne — that self-reliant man of action, Hollywood’s figurehead of Manifest Destiny.

"We should be unleashing homegrown energy that can make us more energy secure and self-reliant, not blocking new supply and decimating investor confidence," he said.

It is more self-reliant and not as heavily dependent on support from African Union troops - of which around 12,000 are on the ground - and global powers including the US and Turkey.

Who may have become self-reliant in a way her siblings had not.

"I wasn’t ready to be self-reliant and run my own property. I don’t think many 16-year-olds are," she said.