Eliza Anyangwe
CNN
United Kingdom
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Not Yet Satisfied: These women are making sexual pleasure a gender equality priority
Meet the women breaking long-standing taboos and empowering themselves and others by starting conversations about pleasure and power → Read More
Algorithms that run our lives are racist and sexist. Meet the women trying to fix them
From insurance payments to courtroom sentencing, AI makes increasingly complex decisions about our lives. And our belief that data is neutral allows algorithms to get away with murder. The fight back is being led by those most likely to find themselves on the wrong side of a computer’s decision. → Read More
She wants women to have good sex. So she started a website where they can talk about it (safely)
Sex isn't hidden from view in Ghana. But it mostly plays to men's desires and insecurities. Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah and others are trying to change that. → Read More
Have Black Panther and A Wrinkle in Time got black feminism all wrong?
The trope of ‘black girl magic’ has gained box-office clout with recent films. But despite its progressive message, some fear it will become a marketing tool → Read More
A black superhero who’s no second prize – Black Panther is a Marvel
The comic-book adaptation is both a perfectly timed political commentary and a celebration of blackness, says the freelance writer Eliza Anyangwe → Read More
Rape in DR Congo: An economic war on women's bodies
A nameless woman is beaten, raped and then beheaded in a public square in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) She is a new victim in a brutal conflict that has gripped a sedate region of Congo for a year. → Read More
Cameroon’s heartbreaking struggles are a relic of British colonialism
The southern Cameroonians’s right to self-determination was thwarted by British imperial arrogance. The violent, anti-democratic fallout continues today, says freelance writer Eliza Anyangwe → Read More
Rape in DR Congo: An economic war on women's bodies
A nameless woman is beaten, raped and then beheaded in a public square in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) She is a new victim in a brutal conflict that has gripped a sedate region of Congo for a year. → Read More
‘So many different types of strange’: how Nnedi Okorafor is changing the face of sci-fi
With a Marvel comic under her belt and a novel being adapted for TV by HBO, the Nigerian-American writer is flying the flag for black, female geeks → Read More
Africa doesn’t need white tech entrepreneurs – it needs a level playing field
Our adoration of the intrepid explorer armed with a Harvard degree and a bright idea privileges everything foreign and white, says freelance journalist Eliza Anyangwe → Read More
A moment that changed me: rejecting the white ‘prettiness’ ideal
It was on the bus, of all places, that fate decided to throw my internal programming into reverse and free me from racist beauty standards → Read More
As the UK shuts itself off, Africa rolls out a welcome mat across the continent
This weekend the African Union unveiled an e-passport that will be available to all citizens of member states by 2018 → Read More
Martine Syms at the ICA: 'people act like art is a white thing'
More likely to quote cultural theory than Beyoncé songs, this home-schooled, high-achieving Los Angeleno prefers to take her art out of the gallery to where everyone really hangs out – the internet – even if it brings the haters → Read More
Martine Syms at the ICA: 'people act like art is a white thing'
More likely to quote cultural theory than Beyoncé songs, this home-schooled, high-achieving Los Angeleno prefers to take her art out of the gallery to where everyone really hangs out – the internet – even if it brings the haters → Read More
Looking for Africa's next Einstein
Africa's inaugural 'Next Einstein Forum' was conceived to bring young African scientists out of the shadows. → Read More
New deal, old mess? Making the global goals work for the most fragile countries
If 22 countries have been labelled as ‘least developed’ since 1971, what needs to change to include them in the new sustainable development agenda? → Read More
How to nurture your four most important friends
A friend in need is a friend indeed, but forget Facebook, research shows that you can count on just four in a crisis – so here’s how to keep those relationships rosy → Read More
Angelique Kidjo: 'All music comes from Africa'
Two-time Grammy winner and 2016 award nominee, Angelique Kidjo talks music, the migrant crisis and Picasso → Read More
Is it time to rethink the divide between humanitarian and development funding?
With both systems under huge pressure and facing new challenges, is it finally time to reshape the aid financing model? → Read More
Is it time to rethink the divide between humanitarian and development funding?
With both systems under huge pressure and facing new challenges, is it finally time to reshape the aid financing model? → Read More