Allyson Felix: World Athletics Championships record-breaker on life-changing year (BBC)

Becoming the most successful athlete in World Championships history – as she did in Doha – would once have been all-consuming for Allyson Felix. The past 12 months have changed her beyond measure. Having a baby has also given birth…

Police detain leading Zimbabwe activist after protests (Guardian)

Leading Zimbabwean activist Evan Mawarire was detained by police on Wednesday when he was taken from his house in a widening crackdown after anti-government protests, AFP reporters witnessed. The nationwide protests were triggered by the government announcing at the weekend…

How Serena Williams embraced her postpartum body after giving birth (Romper)

It’s been a little over a year since Serena Williams, tennis player, activist, and all around boss gave birth to her first child — a daughter named Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. Although Williams’ job as a tennis player revolves around…

Barbel Mauch is Lagos Oyinbo

Barbel Mauch, film producer, curator, activist and founder of Barbel Mauch Film, was in Lagos for this year’s edition of iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Festival (iREP) where she played  prominent role including leading the delegation of film-makers from Berlin, Germany…

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