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Articles on African women
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The stories of six South African women who travelled to fight for workers and for women’s rights, and risked it all.
Ableist microaggressions are made by able-bodied people who don’t understand the realities of living with a disability.
Higher skill levels, increased prize money and global media interest are signs that the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations is going from strength to strength.
Women only really emerged in Tunisia’s male-dominated rap scene with the revolution in 2011. And they’re rapping about much more than just patriarchy.
Andreé Blouin was erased from history despite her pivotal role in African independence. Today she has a book prize named after her.
Sub-Saharan Africa is no longer a continent just grappling with hunger and starvation — it is now also dealing with obesity and overweight.
Germaine Acogny has risen as a female artist who has defied stereotypes to become one of the world’s most revered dance makers.
Her book Daughters of Africa brought black women writers into the literary canon.
Negative emotions, especially regret, are seldom expressed when talking about motherhood.
The Camões Prize is the most important award for Portuguese literature, and Paulina Chiziane is the first African woman to receive it.
A commanding presence on the global literary stage, Ama Ata Aidoo was a powerful feminist voice with a prolific output.
Women who shaped modern Ghana have been erased from history. A children’s book aims to restore them to their rightful place.
At independence, adults were reading decolonial classics - but children were reading Enid Blyton. A generation of unsung women writers changed that.
A psychologist and a literary scholar analyse Faceless, a powerful novel about homeless children - and their mothers.
Her exquisite piano compositions drew fans to the Jerusalem monastery where she lived after fleeing Ethiopia.
She paved the way for women to play the mbira – and then took the ancient tradition global.
A powerful new book restores the writer and feminist politician to her rightful place in history.
The queen of Xhosa music has passed away. She reinvigorated ancient Xhosa cultural traditions through performance and teaching.
The pioneering role she played, and the sacrifices she made, extended well beyond the famous 1956 Women’s March.
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