Zimbabwe: Ngz Successfully Hosts Women Visual Arts Exhibition
[The Herald] Still, in the spirit of celebrating women as it is their month, the National Gallery of Zimbabwe successfully hosted a special exhibition last Friday dedicated to women in visual arts, revelling their achievements and challenges.
Africa: African Female Filmmakers Converge in Benin
[DW] The International Women’s Film Festival features 18 films, all made by women.
Africa: Women in South Africa’s Armed Struggle – New Book Records History At First Hand
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa’s young democracy was a culmination of years of sweat, blood and revolution against the apartheid regime. In the early 1960s, after decades of “non-violence” as a policy of resistance, the African National Congres…
Africa: Maria’s Keepers – One Woman’s Escape From the Jehovah’s Witnesses Church in South Africa
[Daily Maverick] Sam Human’s new book ‘Maria’s Keepers’ tells the story of Maria, a former Jehovah’s Witness in South Africa, and reveals gender victimisation, sexual abuse and cover-ups within the church.
Zimbabwe: Top Female Celebrities for Colour Purple Première
[The Herald] All is set for the première of the movie “Colour Purple” at the Joina City Ster Kinekor tonight which will run under the theme, #ZimPurple.
Rwanda: ‘Side By Side’ Exhibition to Showcase East African Women’s Art
[New Times] Impundu Arts Center, a local art curation house, is set to host the “Side by Side” group exhibition from February 3 to 18 to provide a platform for women artists, enhancing their visibility in the art world.
Africa: The Shame and Pleasure of Masturbation – Poor Things Gets Girls’ Early Sexual Feelings Right
[The Conversation Africa] This piece contains spoilers for Poor Things.
Uganda: Top 10 African Female Afrobeats Stars
[Independent (Kampala)] Special Report — Female artists are a major driver of the Afrobeats phenomenon, producing some of the top singles and collaborations that rank as the most-streamed Afrobeats hits, both on the continent and abroad. Their global …
Africa: Hollywood’s First Major Black Female Superhero – How Wakanda Forever Broke the Mould
[The Conversation Africa] Black Panther: Wakanda Forever rewrote Hollywood’s script for superhero movies. English professor Diana Adesola Mafe was recently involved in an academic roundtable that offers a critical conversation about it and another film…
Nigeria: Assault On Women Alien to Akwa Ibom Culture – Gov Eno
[Premium Times] The governor condemned the assault on a woman in Uyo by her lawyer husband, Ekere Ebong.