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Celebrating the king banished by the British
The field outside the royal palace in the Ghanaian city of Kumasi…
‘I cried, I cried. I had no one’: the brutal child kidnappings that shamed Belgian Congo
Over 70 years ago, thousands of mixed-race boys and girls were torn…
He’s 16 and hyped as Usain Bolt’s successor – but Australia’s Gout Gout is keeping his feet on the ground
The schoolboy’s rapid rise has drawn inevitable comparisons with the Jamaican, but…
‘The challenge attracted me’: Peter Odemwingie’s move from Premier League striker to golf pro
It’s unbelievable,” says Peter Odemwingie. “I never thought I could get so obsessed…
‘Rape me, not my daughter’ – women tell BBC of sexual violence in Sudan’s civil war
Sudan is at breaking point. After 17 months of a brutal civil…
How Arsenal became synonymous with black identity
When Dr Clive Chijioke Nwonka walked into a pub in Manchester to…
Toiling on a Kenyan flower farm to send fresh roses to Europe
On a moonless night in the Kenyan lakeside town of Naivasha, Anne…
‘Controlling 22 players on the field is amazing’
Gbemisola Yusuf is a woman who likes to be in charge. And,…
Growing a ‘word forest’: the Kenyan teacher trying to save her language from extinction
In a community centre made of glass bottles, Juliana Loshiro stands before…
‘I don’t want to hide my son’: the Nigerian singer helping mothers find pride in their children with special needs
Having a baby should have been the icing on the cake for…
