Gloria Bosman in 2022.
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If you ever found yourself in the same room with Gloria Bosman, you were in for a lesson of a lifetime.
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Thirty years ago the World Bank recognised that its position was untenable. It put in place mechanisms to make the bank more accountable to ordinary people.
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Gender, climate change and water scarcity together create a difficult challenge.
The late musician Madosini playing the umrhube mouthbow.
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Composers are keeping bow music alive through electronic music and other experiments.
Noni Jabavu at her London office, 12th September 1961.
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These columns demonstrate that Noni Jabavu’s concerns from 1970s are still relevant today.
Rema performing in the US. His hit Calm Down has gone viral - in part thanks to a choreographer named Loïc Reyel.
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The five Iranian teenagers were arrested and forced to apologise – but the dance challenge continues to go viral.
Bosman won numerous awards, including the Standard Bank Young Artist award and two South African Music Awards.
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Her passing shocked the nation and drew praise for her unique vocal powers and musical mentorship.
Government investments in infrastructure in Nigeria will remain insufficient as urban populations grow.
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Cities are increasingly unsafe and unhealthy. Family planning can help curb unsustainable urbanisation.
Church Wedding in the Eastern Cape, 1920.
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Before colonialism black South Africans viewed sex and morality very differently than today.
Soprano Pretty Yende has been chosen to perform at the coronation of UK monarch King Charles III.
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Performing at the coronation of King Charles III will be just one of many firsts for the activist soprano.
Angelique Kidjo on stage in Paris in 2021.
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Kidjo has a remarkable cultural vision that spans the globe but stays true to her roots.
Pope Francis on a visit to Madagascar in 2019.
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He will have a joyful welcome but a difficult task - to challenge negative values while enabling a more African Catholic church.
Stella Chiweshe, performing in Amsterdam in 1988, kept ancient traditions alive.
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She paved the way for women to play the mbira – and then took the ancient tradition global.
Regina Twala in a rare photograph with her first husband Percy Kumalo, 1936.
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A powerful new book restores the writer and feminist politician to her rightful place in history.
Women are severely underrepresented in editorial leadership and in news coverage.
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The news media provide a very particular case study of gender discrimination.
Frene Ginwala addressing the media in 2017, tireless in her fight for justice.
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A younger generation of feminists will remember her, above all, for her remarkable championing of the struggle against patriarchy.
Madosini performing in Johannesburg in 2021.
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The queen of Xhosa music has passed away. She reinvigorated ancient Xhosa cultural traditions through performance and teaching.
Pregnant schoolgirls weigh up several factors when deciding whether to stay in school throughout and after their pregnancies.
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Under South African law, girls have the right to continue their schooling through and after their pregnancies.
A past anti-FGM campaign meeting in Kajiado County, Kenya.
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In Kenya, the prevalence of female genital mutilation has dropped by 24.2 percentage points where an alternative rite of passage is being tried.
South Africa wins the Women’s African Cup of Nations in Rabat as the women’s game grows.
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There was a significant shift towards African football as a business rather than football as development.