Ethiopia: Land of Fact and Fiction for a New Generation
Ethiopian-born author Maaza Mengiste discusses her work, her native country and what it means to be an “African writer.”
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Ethiopian-born author Maaza Mengiste discusses her work, her native country and what it means to be an “African writer.”
Continue readingThe Indego Africa mission is to provide reliable income, develop job skills, and afford export market access to African women.
Continue readingAfrican governments and people need to open their eyes and be aware that land, food and water need to be treasured and valued as other valuable natural resources.
Continue readingThrough the Let Girls Learn, the U.S. is funding over 50 programs and projects that support girls’ education around the world.
Continue readingIn the Africa of yore, it was simply enough for women to be satisfied with traditional roles of raising children, cooking and other roles assigned to them by their respective society. Those roles have traditionally greased the ambitious wheels of their husband and male counterparts, and often in the past led to discriminations, repressions and subjugations of women by men. Right now, a cultural shift is taking place among men- fathers are now valuing their daughters as much as their they valued sons and thus encouraging girls to pursue education and work outside of home, and as a result, there are a new breed of leaders in Africa: Women.
In the last decade, Africa now counts a historic five female presidents. Rwanda- the once war-torn country now ranks highest in Africa as the most inclusive society for women in sub-Saharan Africa for having women majority in its parliament.
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