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A picture they say speaks louder than a thousand words, but there are images that speak in millions, depending on the elements …

To an african woman, hair and styling is more than fashion. It is a symbol of identity, beauty, celebration and maybe even …

What started literarily as child’s play for an eight-year-old girl many years ago, has grown into a super story and a big …

Malebo Sephodi is a writer and researcher from South Africa. Malebo has worked and spoken in various regions of Africa, Europe, and …

Nigerian author, essayist, and public intellectual OluTimehin Kukoyi writing focuses on issues of feminism, urbanisation, urban sexuality, and gender. In addition, she …

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Duchess International Magazine is never relenting on showcasing women who break barriers and biases. Women who’s strides have caused waves all over …

Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye MFR, also known as King Sunny Adé, is a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist of jùjù music from Nigeria. He …

Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Member of Parliament for Tema West Constituency, Irene Naa Torshie Addo is a politician and …

Peju Layiwola is a Nigerian visual artist and art historian who creates work in a range of media and genres. She is …

Traditional aristocrat, banker, and federal minister of commerce for Nigeria, Chief Bola Kuforiji-Olubi. She held the position of Otunba Ayora of Ijebu-Ode …

Yewande Omotoso is a Nigerian-born novelist, architect, and designer currently residing in South Africa. She was born in Barbados and raised there. …

Yewande Zaccheaus is the founder and CEO of Eventful, a well-known firm in Lagos that specializes in event planning, venue management, and …

Khaira Arby was a Malian singer, widely known as The Nightingale of Timbuktu. Daughter of a Tuareg father and a Songhai woman, …

Political figure from Kenya, Martha Karua. She is a former, long-serving representative for Kenya’s Gichugu Constituency and a High Court advocate. Prior …

The Rwandan politician and women’s rights advocate Judith Kanakuze is best known for having helped pass laws prohibiting gender-based violence, including the …

Ivorian hurdler Karel Elodie Ziketh competes internationally. She holds a dual citizenship of Ivory Coast and France She relocated to the US …

Njoki Susanna Ndung’u is from Kenya. She is a lawyer and a judge of the Kenyan Supreme Court. She has a Bachelor …

At the University of Manchester in England, Mona Baker is a professor of translation studies and the director of the Centre for …

Nigerian-British author, feminist, and academic Amina Mama. Post-colonial, militarist, and gender issues have been her main areas of interest. She has forged …

Airline captain Irene Koki Mutungi, also known as Koki Mutungi, is a licensed pilot in Kenya. She is the first female Boeing …

In the wake of the Bring Back Our Girls campaign, which resulted in negotiations with Boko Haram that led to the release …

First female neurosurgeon in Rwanda, Dr. Claire Karekezi. She is a consultant in neurosurgery at the Rwanda Military Hospital in Kigali, Rwanda. …