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‘The hijab is part of me’ – beach volleyball star

As a 19-year-old about to make her debut at the 2016 Olympics,…

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Kenya’s Okutoyi not giving up on Olympic tennis dream

Kenyan tennis player Angella Okutoyi says she has not given up hope…

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Man told he is not British after 42 years in UK

A retired 74-year-old Ghanaian man who has lived in the UK for…

Daniel Sandford Daniel Sandford

Julius Malema – South Africa’s radical agenda-setter leading the EFF into 2024 elections

His speeches at otherwise run-of-the-mill parliament sittings light up social media, the…

Seraphine Akua Dogbey Seraphine Akua Dogbey

Maryse Condé: Author who won ‘alternative Nobel Literature Prize’ dies at 90

Guadeloupe-born author Maryse Condé, who was renowned for epic novels tackling the…

Ian Youngs Ian Youngs

Mohamed Al Fayed

For Mohamed Al Fayed, who has died aged 94, the truth was…

Michael Gillard Michael Gillard

Letsile Tebogo’s rise from ‘hyperactive child’ to 100m silver

It seems that even when you are a World Championship silver medallist,…

James Barnor: Ghana’s photography genius

From crawling babies to ‘cool Constance’, Barnor spent decades capturing his country’s…

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Bose Omolayo: Nigerian hairdresser becomes para-powerlifting champion

A chance encounter was all it took for Bose Omolayo to begin…

 Joshua Adetunji Joshua Adetunji

I had never actually met a female skater before I started Island Gals

I don't know how it would feel like because I've never skated…

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