7 black women we are celebrating this week

Nduta Waweru considers herself a reader who writes. Like a duck, she’s calm on the surface, but she’s always busy paddling underneath to get you the best stories in arts, culture and current affairs. Nduta has published a poetry collection called Nostalgia, is a YALI Fellow and a member of Wandata-Ke Network.

• One of Africa’s oldest presidents is running for office again as his country burns
• As Africa celebrates France’s World Cup win, football slave trade is killing young black players’ dreams 
• Two goals from African players earn France the 2018 World Cup trophy
• Read the damning letter written by the king of Kongo to the king of Portugal over slavery in 1526

• Proof: Millions of money can’t save you from racism if you are a black person in the U.S.
• As Africa celebrates France’s World Cup win, football slave trade is killing young black players’ dreams 
• The history of the darker-skinned Nubians in Egypt and their struggle to find a voice today
• One of Africa’s oldest presidents is running for office again as his country burns