ED 262 mylineONLINE: Gender, Sexism, & Sexual Orientations

In April 2014, the sleepy town of Chibok in Borno State was thrust first into national, and then international limelight when 276 female students from a local high school were abducted by the Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram. It's difficult to remember now how slowly news of the abduction trickled out. In part i

Via Igor Espanhol

Nine years into my research and academic career, one of the most common questions I hear from family and friends is, “uzoqedanini ukufunda?” (“Will she ever finish studying?”). They’re not the only ones who struggle to understand what it is that I do. My experience is that most black women “fall into” research an

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After twice skipping announcing a winner, the 2017 Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership has been awarded to Liberia's former president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Sirleaf, the continent’s first elected female president, left office in late January, after overseeing the first democratic transfer of power in Liberia since 1944. The 79-year-old Nobel laureate cam

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