ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerians on Friday marked three years since the mass abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls by Boko Haram extremists amid anger that government efforts to negotiate their freedom appear to have stalled.
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Dear Nigeria, we really need to do better for the Girl Child – She Leads Africa
It was the International day of the girl child only a few days ago but the truth is that we have such a long way to go in according the right value to girls and women.
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Minna Salami: I’m Impatient with the idea that the reason we should Empower Women is to grow the economy – She. Leads. Africa.
Listed by ELLE Magazine as one of “12 women changing the world”, Minna Salami is a Nigerian-Finnish writer, blogger and commentator who has contributed to the popularisation of African feminism through her blog, MsAfropolitan
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The Nigerian artist who is exploding the myth of the ‘authentic African experience’
Njideka Akunyili Crosby was 16 before she took her first art class. She talks about why most of the figures in her paintings appear to be doing nothing at all, Mean Girls at Yale, and the debt she owes Harlem’s Studio Museum
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The First Airline Founded By A Black Woman Is Going International This Month
Last year, Air Zimbabwe and Ethiopian Airlines made major strides towards the inclusion of women in the aviation world with the launch of their all-women flight crews.
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7 Times South African Women Have Made History This Century
Throughout August, South Africa celebrated 60 years since Charlotte Maxeke, Helen Joseph, Rahima Moosa and many other fierce activists led a march of over 20 000 women to the Union Buildings in protest against the use of passes by women.
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