Tag: United States

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…

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She ran 104 marathons in 104 days after surviving cancer

A woman who took up running after she lost her left leg…

Sam Cabral Sam Cabral

I was struggling in New York so I started my fashion brand in Rwanda

I feel like if I had stayed there, there's no way I…

Sonia Mugabo Sonia Mugabo

I was shot five times because I looked like the man sleeping with his girlfriend

Everything was grey. I could hear my friend Priscilla screaming and voices…

Jay Wilson Jay Wilson

The mystery behind my mixed-race – Hiram Johnson’s uncomfortable story

As a former policeman, Hiram Johnson’s knack for investigations led him to…

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The Black Panther who hijacked a jet to Algeria and started again in France

It was an unusual hijacking by a group of three men, two…

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Fadji Maina: The first Nigerien scientist to work for NASA

Fadji Maina has become the first scientist from Niger to work for…

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Fatou Bensouda: The Gambian woman who hunts tyrants

As chief prosecutor of the international criminal court in the Hague, Fatou…

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Tanitoluwa Adewumi: The eight-year-old Nigerian who won a state chess championship in US

Tanitoluwa Adewumi, second son in the Adewumi family is a rising chess…

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The Adewumi family: The day Boko Haram militants came to our home

The Adewumi family have fled from knocking terror in their home country…

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