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Rachel Ola, the surfer with big hopes for the sport in Nigeria
Rachel Ola dreams of one day being the best female surfer in…
Obama’s portraitist, Kehinde Wiley launches art commune in Senegal
Artist Kehinde Wiley, a favourite of US celebrities who is probably best-known…
Genocide survivor walks Rwanda for 100 days
A Rwandan genocide survivor touring all 30 of the country's districts says…
Working the night shift on Malaria’s frontline in Sierra Leone
It's night-time at Ola During Children's Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone and…
Binyavanga Wainaina, pioneering voice in African literature, dies at 48
Binyavanga Wainaina, the acclaimed Kenyan author who inspired a generation of writers…
Money under shades: How Eric Kinoti built a million dollar business out of nothing
Eric Kinoti was delivering supplies to a party in progress when something…
Living with no hands: The beautiful story of Sinikiwe Kademaunga
Sinikiwe Kademaunga was born with a condition that stopped the growth of…
My family and I received death threats because I am an LGBT rights activist
In 2009 Ugandan MPs tried to introduce new laws against homosexuality that…
The life of sex workers of Freetown
Two prostitutes who work on the streets of Freetown, the capital of…
The boy abducted to guide blind beggars in Nigeria
Samuel Abdulraheem has no recollection of the day he was abducted, aged…
