Pacesetters

...And she's only 26 years old.

Alexandra Wilson is a young black British barrister changing the face of Britain’s legal system.  Growing up, she never knew any lawyers but one day, after hearing the news that one of her close friends had been murdered by two black…

Fatima Zahra Jaffar Jalloh wants to prove a point that females are not the weaker sex. As the youngest teacher of technical education (tech-voc) tutoring both adults and her peers in wiring installations and graphic design, she is…

In a historic victory, Bernardine Evaristo won the Booker Prize in 2019 for her novel, 'Girl, Woman, Other'. She is a Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University London. For her ‘Girl, Woman, Other’ was the manifestation of a…

Siya Kolisi made history in South Africa when he became the first black captain of the national rugby team. With a deep rooted love for the sport he also took the Springboks to world cup victory in 2019. This is his story. The day South…

Fadji Maina has become the first scientist from Niger to work for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The 29-year-old hydrologist received her PhD in 2016, and joined the world-famous space agency in the US at the…

Anthony Mmesoma Madu is known as Nigeria’s viral ballet dancer. When a practice video was posted on social media by the academy the 11-year-old dances for, Anthony did not expect anything from it but to review his skills in order to…

John Dwayne Bunn, a 43-year-old African-American loves his books. His all-time favourite is Sister Souljah’s ‘The Coldest Winter Ever’ where a mother advocates for the improvement of her black community as she witnesses losing her loved…

Born during a hurricane, Russel L. Honoré grew up as a black man in Louisiana during segregation, but he found his calling in the military. He rose through the ranks to become a Lieutenant General, and when Hurricane Katrina hit New…

As far as success stories of prisoners-turned-pop stars go, it’s not everyday a story about such a person comes from Maclear, a rough town in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. But Nathi Mankayi, a top-selling recording artist rose to…