Women

My husband ran a newspaper that was very critical of Hissene Habré and one day men came to get him. Our house was completely ransacked but my husband and I managed to escape. I left with nothing but a pair of jeans and as we ran we heard…

When Adwoa Yeboah and her husband boarded a bus heading home after business meetings in nearby towns, she didn’t know that an ordinary successful day would turn out to be a tragic tale. Adwoa who lives in Ohwimase Hilltop in the Ashanti…

In the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo, men have always been appointed members of the country’s constitutional court. However, Alphonsine Kalume Cheusi has been appointed a member of DRC's constitutional court, and she is the…

Charmaine Coetzee is a former gang member from South Africa. She grew up in Cape Flats, South Africa. Also known as Manenberg, Cape Flats is known for its gang territories and standard of living is poor. Charmaine Coetzee grew up…

The women of Zimbaqua mine is the first African mine with an all-woman workforce. It was founded to empower women in a male dominated industry. In this mine, women do all the heavy-lifting. “We were oppressed, we were told that mining…

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…

Betty Bigombe, a former Ugandan politician, a peacemaker and a World Bank official is driven in her quest to talk to Africa's warlords in a bid to get them to engage in peace talks. Her most iconic so far, has been talking to Africa’s most…

As unrest broke out in 2006 in countries neighbouring Somalia, and threatened by the prospect of an arranged marriage, Ifrah Ahmed, who was aged 17 at the time, fled to Ethiopia and secured a ticket to fly out of the country. She found…