July 18 is celebrated around the world as a day of service to honor the birthday and legacy of former South African leader Nelson Mandela. He became known as Madiba – a human rights icon for his work to fight apartheid and for winning his presidency in a 1994 democratic election after serving 27 years in prison. He died in 2014 at age 95.
A fountain outside the Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, GA
Madiba was a friend...
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Here at ONE we know that actions speak louder than words. Over 1 million people have taken action with us so far this year to tell world leaders that poverty is sexist and it’s time to put girls and women at the heart of the development agenda. When you invest in women and girls, they are able to pull themselves and their entire communities out of poverty.
We’re always on the lookout for awesome ways people are taking...
I think we’ve all heard, and probably been offended by, the phrase “youth is wasted on the young”, but does anyone know who said it, or indeed, why?
After it bugging me for the last few years I did a bit of research and it turns out no one is actually 100% sure. It’s has been attributed to both George Bernard Shaw (an Irish writer) and Oscar Wilde (an English one), but it turns out, neither of them ever said...
Some of America’s most popular competition shows feature amateur singers attempting to impress judges who can’t see them, celebrities trying to keep up with professional dancers, or single men and women looking for the 'one'. Tanzania’s popular reality series stars female farmers.
With work from over 350 poets across 24 countries, the project hopes to elevate the African voice in arts and culture.
The first-ever African poetry archive is rewriting history and doing something that’s never been done before: collecting all of the continent’s vast and diverse writings into one corner of the Internet.
The Badilisha Poetry X-Change, a project launched in 2012 by the Africa Centre, an arts and culture organization in Cape Town, South Africa, has archived the work of more than 350...
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This weekend over 40 fashion designers from across Africa will get together for the fifth annual Africa Fashion Week in London! (AFWL) AFWL is Europe’s largest catwalk event featuring African and African-inspired lines and highlights the work of established and emerging African designers for a global audience. Amongst this super talented group, we’ve picked out eight designers whose work inspires us to fly to London and start shopping!
Chaivo Designs
Country of origin: Zimbabwe
Clothing aesthetic: Avant-guarde evening wear
Market: Women
Tarisayi Epha Gweje, Zimbabwean born and...
Always wanted to go to Kenya, but weren’t able to sneak onto Air Force One with Obama? Now you can experience the country, the culture and the comedy from your computer. Below, we feature the “A to Z” highlights of what 700,000 Kenyans on Twitter (#KoT) are doing, saying and laughing about.
Nendo Ventures, a supremely creative Kenyan graphic design firm, began The A-to-Z of African Twitter in October 2014 as a fun, innovative way to highlight moments of context and insight...
President Obama is headed to Kenya for the 6th annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) - and this year's theme? Women and youth.
A new patch for women is helping supplement iodine-deficient diets in a fashionable, innovative way.
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Priti Salian is a Bangalore-based journalist. A version of this piece was originally published here by Take Part.
Ashwini Raut, 25, leads a healthy, happy life right now in her hometown in rural Maharashtra, India, as she plans her upcoming wedding and looks forward to starting a family. But it was only recently that she learned her long-term health was at risk. The soil of the land...
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