NEW YORK: A heavily pregnant Alicia Keys joined a small group of protesters outside the Nigerian consulate in New York on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) demanding the release of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram.

"Bring back our girls now," shouted the small crowd, led by the Grammy-winning 33-year-old New York RnB singer-songwriter, who wore jeans and wrapped her hair in a black scarf, on the sixth-month anniversary of their abduction.

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