as a western perception that the african female is a downtrodden wretch . but when you look around the african continent today girls abducted in nigeria, polygamy re introduced in kenya, child marriages and the prevalence of gender based violence how much is there to celebrate about being female in africa? ama ata aidoo, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, zainab. there s a lot of political issues and social affairs in your writings. how much do you see yourself as a writer with a mission? well, now, in retrospect, i suppose i could describe myself as a writer with a mission. but i never was aware that i had a mission when i started to write, you see. it didn t work it doesn t work like that. i maen, i don t sit at my desk and say, now i ve got to depict this, and depict that. no. first of all, i was rather young when i started writing, so i didn t even have any notion of where my would be read, or how, and stuff like that. so it wasn t a conscious decision, but
it is america reports with the second hour and i m john roberts from washington happy we can partner you. gillian: that is a great reminder i was having so much fun with you. i m glad i could brighten your mood. gillian: thank you. it is great to be with you and everyone at home, am gillian turner in for sandra smith. that teacher of the year for new york state coming up including that spirit the critics say his obsession with social justice cost him his job. he ended up bouncing right back. john: brian kilmeade to weigh in all day on this. we will get to him plus karl rove fan shannon bream on deck as we began the breaking news in the battle to control congress. the midterms less then seven weeks away and republicans laying out. the president firing back at them. they control washington pure they control the house, the senate, the white house and the committee, the agencies and it is their plan, but they have no plan to fix all of the problems they created. so
spree in texas. it is believed the man is responsible for killing four people in austin over eight hours. you are watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. the same suspect may be connected to vicious murder of two people at a home in san antonio. brooke singman has more. brooke: being it began yesterday just before 11:00 a.m. the unnamed suspect targeted an officer in an unprovoked attack. the officer was shot in the leg and expected to make a full recovery. austin 911 received multiple calls for help at a different location. the suspect went on to shoot a cyclist right before they engaged with police who were responding to a burglary in progress. one officer was shot at the scene before going on a high-speed chase. after pursuit with officers, the male suspect crashed the vehicle at the intersection of south highway 45 and fm 1826 and was taken into custody. the male suspect was in possession of a firearm. brooke: first responders
Assita Kanko, a Belgian member of the European Parliament, excoriated feminists who have failed to decry the heinous atrocities committed by Hamas against women and girls during the October 7 terror attacks in Israel.
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