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Ntokozo: “I was just an incredibly sad boy wearing the face of a man to mask my pain.”

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Zimbabwe

Grant: “Braving through hard things is what makes your life impactful”

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South Africa

Khulekani: Making High Art in eSwatini

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Eswatini

Steve: “I am yet to figure out where home is”

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Modu: “If you want something, figure it out”

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Senegal

Raphael: “I was a slumdog who dared to dream”

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Kenya

Dr Balaka : “I want people to see me first and foremost as a qualified doctor”

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mabel: “Being a single mum doesn’t mean that you cannot make it in life”

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Zimbabwe

Diana: “Fear makes my life difficult, but it won’t defeat me”

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Tanzania

Felister: “If we raise our kids well, we will get to enjoy later”

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Tanzania

Ojok: “Call me Ojok Okello from Okere city, North Uganda”

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Uganda

Nyamal: “I want to be the last generation to wonder where I belong”

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Ethiopia, South Sudan

Christabel: “To whom much is given, much is expected”

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Ghana

Kazeneza: “I am not planning to stop before I have a PhD”

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Burundi

Mwanaidi: “We need to embrace periods as part of womanhood”

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Tanzania

Esther: “My heart was always in community development”

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Kenya

Jean: “I cannot settle for less in a field dominated by men”

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Uganda

Asan: “I grew up in a warzone, but never lost sight of my dreams”

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South Sudan

Laetitia Umulisa

Laetitia: “I survived the most terrible event in history”

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Rwanda

Zingo: “Dance is my way to send messages to society”

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Tanzania

Janet: “FGM does not define you as a woman”

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Kenya

Topyster: “When I think of my mum’s limitations, mine pale”

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Kenya

Noah: “I settled for a job in Saudi Arabia”

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Uganda

Gitau: “We were evicted from a place we called home for 22 years”

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Kenya

Stories

Zimbabwe

Ntokozo: “I was just an incredibly sad boy wearing the face of a man to mask my pain.”

South Africa

Grant: “Braving through hard things is what makes your life impactful”

Eswatini

Khulekani: Making High Art in eSwatini

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Steve: “I am yet to figure out where home is”

Senegal

Modu: “If you want something, figure it out”

Kenya

Raphael: “I was a slumdog who dared to dream”

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Dr Balaka : “I want people to see me first and foremost as a qualified doctor”

Zimbabwe

Mabel: “Being a single mum doesn’t mean that you cannot make it in life”

Tanzania

Diana: “Fear makes my life difficult, but it won’t defeat me”

Tanzania

Felister: “If we raise our kids well, we will get to enjoy later”

Uganda

Ojok: “Call me Ojok Okello from Okere city, North Uganda”

Ethiopia

Nyamal: “I want to be the last generation to wonder where I belong”

Ghana

Christabel: “To whom much is given, much is expected”

Burundi

Kazeneza: “I am not planning to stop before I have a PhD”

Tanzania

Mwanaidi: “We need to embrace periods as part of womanhood”

Kenya

Esther: “My heart was always in community development”

Uganda

Jean: “I cannot settle for less in a field dominated by men”

South Sudan

Asan: “I grew up in a warzone, but never lost sight of my dreams”

Laetitia Umulisa

Rwanda

Laetitia: “I survived the most terrible event in history”

Tanzania

Zingo: “Dance is my way to send messages to society”

Kenya

Janet: “FGM does not define you as a woman”

Kenya

Topyster: “When I think of my mum’s limitations, mine pale”

Uganda

Noah: “I settled for a job in Saudi Arabia”

Kenya

Gitau: “We were evicted from a place we called home for 22 years”

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