Haneefah Adam is a female Nigerian artist who is currently making a career from turning food into art. For most people, leftovers should be disposed of, but for Haneefah Adam, leftovers are only a tool to creating beautiful and magical art.
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Betty Bigombe grew up in Northern Uganda in the late 1950s. At a time when very few women had the privilege of getting an education, she sought one. According to her, she knew this was the only way to make a difference in her community.
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Women Representatives in Kenya play a huge role in politics and governance of the country. As always, African women have fought to have a place at the table and gradually, they are being recognized.
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Edak Nkpubre Chionuma, is the Founder and Creative Director of MIN EVENTS which has churned out events like the Made In Naija Fair, Pop Up Market.
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OkayAfrica has released its annual “100 Women” list which celebrates incredible African women around the world.
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Luvvie Ajayi is a Nigerian author, speaker, and digital strategist. Her first book, I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual, was a New York Times best-seller. Here are some quotes from her speeches and interviews.
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Jennifer Hosten was the first black woman to be crowned Miss World in 1970 from the Caribean Island of Grenada.
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Kadi Sesay was born on March 4, 1949 in Rotifunk, Moyamba District, in Southern Sierra Leone, a then British Crown Colony. Her parents are from the Temne ethnic group from the rural chieftaincy town of Rhombe in Lokomasama Chiefdom of the Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone.
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Nadia Nakai Kandava was born to a South African Father and a Zimbabwean mother on the 18th of May, 1990. She relocated to Kenya at age 16 with her parents before returning to South Africa a number of years later.
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Rowlene Nicole Bosman is a South African singer who was born in Elsies River, Cape Town on the 3rd of March, 1997. She spent most of her years performing in various singing and dancing competitions.
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Arguably the largest hair business in Lagos, Hair by Wanneka is owned be Mrs Doris Nwanneka Nkumah. In this interview with Urban Woman Magazine, she shares the story behind her success, her struggles, triumphs and her future plans.
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She is known to many of her fans in Nigeria as Bongi, the teenage singer-songwriter in the MTV Base series, SHUGA. In this interview with Urban Woman Magazine, South African actress, Mohau Mokoatle-Cele would be sharing her experiences not just as an actor, but also, with being on set, in Nigeria.
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Yvonne Manzi Makolo was born in Rwanda but voluntarily migrated to Canada in 1993. She lost her father at an early age and she and her elder sister were subsequently raised by her mother. She returned to Rwanda 10 years later in 2003.
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Adaeze Osakwe, also known as Ada Osakwe, is a Nigerian Agro-economist, Economist, Entrepreneur and Corporate Executive who is the founder, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Agrolay Ventures and Nuli Juice.
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On the 5th of October, Nadia Murad Basee Taha was awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize. She is a German based Yazide-Iraqi human rights activist. The winners were announced in Oslo, the Norwegian capital.
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