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How Oil and Diamonds Shaped Angola’s Path to Independence
When people think of Angola’s independence struggle, what often comes to mind are decades of conflict, colonial resistance, and Cold War politics, but beneath all that lay two forces that…
Africa Day 2026: The State of Having Access to Sustainable Water and Safe Sanitation in Africa
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: The Literary Warrior Who Gave Africa Its Voice
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Hassiba Boulmerka: First African woman to win Olympic gold in middle distance running, and break barriers
In the summer of 1992, the world watched as a woman in Algeria’s red and…