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The boy named ‘Wealthy’ who weighs half what he should
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‘My dad, the claw hair clip inventor’
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Obituary: Songwriter & producer, Thomas Bell
The unusual combination of a French horn, a grand piano, an electric…
Running with the Hadza – the race celebrating a way of life
A fire crackles just after dawn in north Tanzania's bushlands. The sun…
Obituary: Football legend, Pele
Global superstar of football who was a hugely prolific goalscorer and three…
I broke every bone in my face
Normally in facial reconstructive surgery they use the working bones as support,…
Pele in Africa: The man, the myth, the legend
Being one of the very first young black sporting superstars of the…
Pelé radiated the quality of joy: an instant appeal to the eye and heart
The first global football superstar made everyone smile and his tricks were…
A film director gave me the push I needed to finish my novel
I’ve got to admit, my expectations were low the day my old…
My life as a ‘fifth wife’ in Niger: The woman who fought her enslaver in court and won
Hadizatou Mani-Karoau was sold off to a local chief, aged just 12,…
