Author: Aisha Kabiru Mohammed
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Rejecting the Expected: A Conversation with Executive Director of Dinidari Foundation, Ndi Kato
Ndi Kato has become one of the strongest female political figures from Northern Nigeria. First running for a seat in the Kaduna State House of Representatives when she was 28 years old.
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At the Heart of the Covid-19 Vaccine, American Immunologist Kizzmekia Corbett
She has won numerous important prizes, including the Salzman Memorial Prize in Virology and the Benjamin Franklin Next Gen Award. Corbett earned her diploma from Hillsborough, North Carolina’s Orange High School in 2004.
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Kenyan Lawmaker, Grace Orwoba
Gloria Grace Orwoba is a politician from Kenya who was elected to represent women in the Kenyan Senate in 2022.
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Understanding Female Voter Apathy in Northern Nigeria
It’s hard to imagine that women in Northern Nigeria were not allowed to vote until after the civil war. Other women in Nigeria going out to vote while their counterparts up North sat home and waited for the results to be announced.
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Understanding Female Voter Apathy in Northern Nigeria
It’s hard to imagine that women in Northern Nigeria were not allowed to vote until after the civil war. Other women in Nigeria going out to vote while their counterparts up North sat home and waited for the results to be announced.
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Mammy Maria Ochefu, The Woman Who Started The ‘Mammy Market’
Every Barrack in Nigeria has a Mami market, and we can thank Mammy Maria Ochefu for this.
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African-American Painter Lois Mailou Jones
Lois Mailou Jones is an American painter and educator, she had a wide range of artistic techniques, from traditional landscape to abstract art with African themes.
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Quack Therapist: Lies by Faiz Aliyu
On October 12, 2022, mental health advocacy organization, She Writes Woman released a public service announcement warning all its partners, clients and the public about its now-dismissed COO, Faiz Muhammad Aliyu.
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Tennis Legend, Serena Williams
Serena was named the greatest female tennis player in the Open Era by a Tennis.com panel in 2018. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest female tennis players.
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“Selma” Director, Ava Duvernay
For her work on Selma (2014), DuVernay became the first black woman to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director, and also the first black female director to have her film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.