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I was hit by a subway train – but have no memory of it
When I was 25, I was working in real estate in New York. I…
I heard people sneer at me – and my mummy guilt turned to anger
When I took my daughter to work I was criticised, just as…
I woke up from a Covid coma with newborn twins
In March 2020, I was healthy and enjoying being 24 weeks pregnant…
The politics of street food: the South African chef championing Zulu cuisine
For Mmabatho Molefe, whose Cape Town restaurant reinvents ‘peasant dishes’, cooking is…
Uganda school attack: I covered myself in blood to hide
Student Julius Isingoma has told the BBC how he miraculously survived a…
John Fru Ndi obituary: Cameroon’s brave champion of democracy
John Fru Ndi, the man regarded as Cameroon's champion of democracy, has…
Cameroon’s Ngonnso: ‘My fight to bring our sacred stolen statue home
When Sylvie Vernyuy Njobati saw the sacred statue of her Nso people…
Ghetto Kids lose out in Britain’s Got Talent final
Ugandan dance troupe Ghetto Kids missed out on the top three slots at…
‘A huge heart’: the insatiable activism of Zimbabwean exile Patson Muzuwa
After agitating against Robert Mugabe in Harare in the late 90s, Patson…
