"That Black African girl…" he said, gesturing to a colleague. The first time, we blinked. Maybe it was a slip. A poor choice of words. Then it came again. "The Black girl," he repeated.

Southampton High School's Black Girl Magic club, with director Natasha Jeffries, far left, and Southampton African American Museum Executive Director Jessica Terry-Elliott (crouching, in pink).

Moreover, fewer than one in three STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) graduates in most African countries are women. This gap highlights the urgent need for targeted initiatives ...

Haruna Iddrisu, Minister of Education, says the Africa Educates Her (AEH) initiative should inspire stakeholders to take relentless action to support girls’ education. He stated that the ...

The 2025 COSAFA Under-17 Girls' Championship will be hosted in Windhoek, Namibia from May 10-17 and is the sixth time a tournament will be staged in this age-group in the region. We highlight the ...

In the boys’ category, host Ghana, have been paired in Group A with Uganda, South Africa and Algeria while reigning title holders Tanzania would play Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire and DR Congo in Group B.

that I was awakened to the history of girl groups in South Africa, and the important role they played during a period of immense change. Mbaqanga is a jazz influenced style of popular music that ...

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Ghana's U-15 girls' team will kick off their CAF African Schools Football Championship campaign against Morocco at 12:30 pm on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. The team will then take on Benin on Thursday, ...

Focusing on the plight of African women and girls as forcibly displaced persons and the need for sustainable solutions Part 2 Select the newsletter(s) to which you want to subscribe or unsubscribe.