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
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And theres no catch. Its free. We make money from ads, but they dont follow you around. Join the millions of people taking back their privacy by Downloading Duckduckgo On Mobile and desktop today. Hello and welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Im Lynda Kinkade with cnns continuing coverage of israel at war. Its 3 00 a. M. In atlanta, 10 00 a. M. In gaza where the clock is ticking down to an anticipated Israeli Ground offensive. The Israeli Military says its bombardment of hamas targets will become even more relentless than its already been. Authorities in gaza say more than 4,300 palestinians have been killed in the past two weeks. Following the hamas Terror Attack in israel which killed over 1,400 people. Around 200 others are missing or taken hostage. Hundreds of Armored Vehicles along with thousands of israeli troops are now poised to strike at hamas at a moments notice. Heres what an Idf Spokesperson told cnn earlier. The timeline, you know, th