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  Santia Deck makes history as first female athlete with a shoe company

  Theodora Aidoo

  Female athlete, Santia Deck, has made history again as the first female athlete with her own sneaker company. Earlier this year, she became the only female athlete to sign a multi-million-dollar contract...

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  Eight black living legends who inspired the world

  Theodora Aidoo

  There are countless African-American legends – men and women who have made significant contributions to America and other parts of the world in the fields of science, politics, law, sports, the arts,...

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  How a woman fought to rid a Kenyan slum of lead poison resulting in $12m settlement

  Theodora Aidoo

  A woman in Kenya heroically fought for the closure of a lead-smelting factory in Mombasa that allegedly poisoned dwellers of a Kenyan slum, including her own baby. After many years of struggle, she has...

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  Becoming first Black lawyer to win a lawsuit, here’s how Robert Morris fought for civil rights

  Theodora Aidoo

  Robert Morris Sr. was the second African-American to be sworn into the Massachusetts bar, but the first to practice actively. He was the first Black lawyer in the U.S. to win a lawsuit in 1847 and the...

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  Meet Makafui Awuku, Ghana’s wastepreneur

  Theodora Aidoo

  Makafui Awuku, a young Ghanaian, learnt to see the beauty in waste, having suffered hardship and struggled to survive in the streets of Accra. Despite his endearing childhood, Awuku managed to rise above...

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  How ‘Osama the Crocodile’ ate over 80 humans in a Ugandan village

  Theodora Aidoo

  Once upon a time, a village in Uganda never had peace due to the presence of the world’s most prolific man-eater. ‘Osama the crocodile’, lived in Lake Victoria and never spared any human...

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