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After a long stint with old men like Mugabe, Zimbabwe finally gets it’s youngest female MP
Zimbabwe has just come from the polls, which was narrowly won by incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa. As many people’s eyes were on the big price, a young woman was voted as a member of parliament...
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Meet the excellent black women taking over institutions of higher learning in Africa
It is not uncommon to find academic institutions that do not include women, especially black women, in their top ranks. This situation has been blamed on sexism, which limits opportunities for women in...
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The little-talked about massacre that pushed Guinea-Bissau’s fight for independence
What started off as a strike in Guinea Bissau’s port town of Pidjiguiti turned into one of Africa’s deadliest massacres in 1959. On August 3rd 1959, a number of dock workers, tired and frustrated...
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Zimbabwe opposition rejects Mnangagwa’s election victory
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has won the election in Zimbabwe, according to the country’s national commission. Mr Mnangagwa won 50.8% of votes, with opposition leader Nelson Chamisa garnering 44.3%....
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Meet the three African winners of Swizz Beatz’s $100,000 art grant
Apart from being a rapper and producer, Swizz Beatz is also an art collector. Under his Dean Collection, an initiative he set up with his wife Alicia Keys, Beatz (real name Kasseem Dean) set up an art...
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This badass prophetess became a pain in the butt of the Zambian government in the 1950s
When Zambia was still known as Northern Rhodesia, a young woman rose up to set up one of Africa’s biggest indigenous Christian churches called the Lumpa Church. Alice Mulenga Lubusha, born either...
