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10 Woman Power & african leadership Contents NEW AFRICAN The bestselling pan-African magazine, founded in 1966 July 2011 ISSUE 508 WWW.AFRICASIA.COM

What impact have African First Ladies had on their husbands, who are generally said to have run the continent into the ground in the postindependence era? We debate the “power” behind the African throne.

ee p. 105 for subscription offer details LETTERS 4 Your news and views COVER STORY 10 Does ‘woman power’ influence African leadership? 20 Many First Ladies do excellent work 24 Woman power – what people say 26 Women’s political power FEATURES 28 Botswana: Fear grips Africa’s ‘beacon of democracy’ 32 South Africa: Police dilemma 34 Burkina Faso: Days of thunder

VIEWPOINT 36 Britain: Saving the African Centre REFLECTIONS 38 Where is the safest place to raise children? SPECIAL REPORT 41 Lebanese community in Ghana

PECIAL SUPPLEMENT 65 Recruiting for Africa NEM TRE 76 Eh? Why are we still here?

THE ARTS 78 Movies: Face to Face with Osuofia HEALTH REPORT 82 Tanzania: Miracle cure in the bush 84 Africa: Endometriosis –

silent, yet deadly DIASPORA 90 USA: African-Americans moving

South in droves 94 Europe: The sad tale of African immigrants SPORT 98 Olympics: The Africans of London 2012 102 Senegal: The laambs at work!

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THE INTERVIEW 58 Zimbabwe: Mugabe says the party still needs him

BACK TO THE FUTURE 106 Freeing ourselves from domination