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Who is the African Woman?
What is your definition of an African Woman?
Wikipedia’s definition: ‘Women in Africa are women who were born in, who live in, and are from the continent of Africa”
The Urban dictionary definition: A woman with African heritage. A woman who usually has a dark skin complexion and thick kinky or coily hair. A woman who comes in a variety of shapes and sizes which can range from slim/slender to thick/curvy.

Defination Of An African Woman from Anna Njoroge perspective.
I think the Urban dictionary comes close but not quite….
I believe the Africa woman is the most misunderstood and misrepresented person in the world.  The question of “Where are you from?” comes up often in my travels around the world. When I proudly say Kenya, it is almost always followed with the statement “You must not live there.” to which I respond, “I do.”  This answer is often followed by a look of confusion and more questions: “But you speak so well, and you are beautiful?” They are rendered speechless and don’t know what to say.  To them I don’t fit in the “box”, I don’t fit their definition of an African Woman.  Outside of Africa the definition of an African woman conjures images of starvation, illiteracy, and oppression; she is someone to be pitied, she screams development aid and should appreciate that the world has coming to her rescue.
Though there are challenges, this opinion of the African woman couldn’t be further from the truth.  But how can we blame the world when their knowledge of Africa is through very narrow lenses of war reporting, and books written by others?  We haven’t told our stories and the story of “our Africa”; it is time we started writing our narrative.

Who is the African Woman?

The African Woman is beautiful, powerful, unique, feminine and authentic.  She is phenomenally resilient, passionate in the pursuit of her dreams and inspirational in her drive to succeed, she is multidimensional seamlessly moving between the traditional and modern, the village and the city, the, home and the office…she is Limitless
Her strength is remarkable, she holds the family together, she is a business woman, she is in the boardroom, she is a mom, and a wife, innovative and inspirational.  She wears different hats effortlessly.  She is amenable accommodating while still maintaining her independence and without being overbearing, which takes tremendous strength and confidence.

So just keep reading…