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The Zambian Women's History Museum is Returning to Africans What Colonialism Stole

Mulenga Kapwepwe is at it again. A true queen and champion of Women’s Rights and Honoring here in Zambia. Mwabomba, Ba Kalamba.

The Zambian Women's History Museum is Returning to Africans What Colonialism Stole okayafrica.com In this interview, co-founder of the Women's History Museum, Samba Yonga, says that we need to discard the history we're holding onto as Africans. Most of it was never ours to begin with.

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HIV Stigma Makes Zambian Mothers Think Twice About Exclusive Breastfeeding

This story may be more relevant for our more urban and city-based Mamas.

HIV Stigma Makes Zambian Mothers Think Twice About Exclusive Breastfeeding globalpressjournal.com In Zambia, women who are HIV-positive are encouraged to exclusively breastfeed their babies, but those mothers say extended breastfeeding is a telltale sign that they have the virus.

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New School Provides Dedicated Services for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Zambia

“In Zambia, schools for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder are rare and often unaffordable. To address this, one local woman opened an academy..

New School Provides Dedicated Services for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Zambia globalpressjournal.com In Zambia, schools for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder are rare and often unaffordable. To address this, one local woman opened an academy that uses a curriculum designed to meet their needs.

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Boarding Girls made their termly visit to the hospital to offer hope and joy, as well as sugar, chicken, and salt, to families with loved ones..

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She Joked About Writing the Great Zambian Novel. Then She Did It.

She Joked About Writing the Great Zambian Novel. Then She Did It. thecut.com Namwali Serpell and I spoke about day jobs, novel-writing, mortality, and grief.

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