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“African women don’t want flowers”: A guide for men dating Africa’s native women

She is beauty wrapped in purpose, faith and character and her standards reflect more than fleeting gifts. This is the African ...
Post-Bulletin

Culturally specific maternal health care for Black and Indigenous women key to reducing harm for birther and child

Octavia Treadway’s middle son was a drummer before he was born. “He actually started drumming in the womb,” said Treadway, the co-executive director of You’re Carrying Someone Great, a nonprofit that, ...
WFAE

NC native was first African American woman to ride a motorcycle solo cross country

Her name may not be well known, but Bessie Stringfield’s prowess and bravado on a motorcycle are legendary. Stringfield taught herself to ride a motorcycle as a teen. She went on to become the first ...
JSTOR Daily

Women's Use of Indigenous Knowledge for Environmental Security and Sustainable Development in Southwest Nigeria

International Indigenous Policy Journal, Vol. 9, No. 3, Special Issue: Indigenous Peoples, Climate Change, and Environmental Stewardship (July 2018), pp. 1-23 (25 pages) Indigenous women are important ...
WTOP News

Fairfax Co. native celebrates first Black women who climb the corporate ladder via film

This is part of WTOP’s continuing coverage of people making a difference from our community authored by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant. Read more of that coverage. Shannon Nash is a Fairfax County native and ...
Rapid City Journal

Indigenous women reclaim traditional birthing practices

Editor's note: This is the second part of a two-part series on Indigenous maternal healthcare in South Dakota. For the first time in eight generations, a Dakota baby was born in a traditional earth ...