Kenya’s queens of the road
While motorcycles are a growth market in Africa, a gender revolution is taking place in Kenya, where women are not only passengers, but also riders and couriers. Aamera Jiwaji reports.
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Make room for the strong Black woman
Meghan Markle’s disclosure of racism in Britain’s royal family shows why Black women are still bottom of the heap. It’s time this changed, says Moky Makura.
Táyra Augusto: Loving every inch of yourself
Pressures on women to be skinny cause much physical and mental harm. We need to challenge the norm and reject the conditioning we’ve experienced, says plus-size model Táyra Augusto.
Voices of African women during the time of Covid
New African magazine editor Anver Versi introduces ‘Voices of African Women’, a collection of personal views and reflections by African women on the extraordinary times we are living through.
Yara Manuela Cumbi: Fighting Covid has shown power of African ingenuity
African responses to Covid-19 show that developing countries are not dependent on developed countries for solutions and resources, says Yara Manuela Cumbi.
Josina Z. Machel: We must end gender based violence
African women resisting violence are becoming the dust that falls through the cracks of the systems meant to protect us, says Josina Z. Machel. A collective call for an end to gender-based violence is our only mandate.