Penny Dale

Jan 10, 2025 | yahoo.com | Penny Dale

Known in Ghana as the Maths Queen, Dr Angela Tabiri is the first African to win The Big Internet Math Off competition - quite an achievement for someone who almost did not even do mathematics. The 35-year-old Ghanaian "finds joy in solving puzzles and mathematical questions" and hopes her 2024 win will open up the world of mathematics to other African women - who have traditionally been discouraged from taking the subject.

Dec 27, 2024 | businessandamerica.com | Penny Dale

When she was a young child and taking too long to get ready for school, family get-togethers or to sing in the church choir, Cape Verdean musician Carmen Souza was often told to “ariope”. What she did not realise until years later was that the Creole word came directly from the English word “hurry up”. “We have so many words that derive from the British English,” Souza, a jazz singer-songwriter and instrumentalist, tells the BBC.

Nov 19, 2024 | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Penny Dale

Una abuela de la zona rural de Zambia se ha convertido en un ícono de estilo y una sensación en internet tras aceptar intercambiar conjuntos de ropa con su nieta fashionista. Margret Chola, de más de 80 años, es conocida en el mundo como "Legendary Glamma" (“glamma” es una combinación de los términos en inglés para “glamour” y “abuela”). Chola tiene ya 225.000 seguidores en Instagram por sus llamativas y divertidas fotografías de moda.

Nov 15, 2024 | yahoo.com | Penny Dale

[Luxury Media Zambia]Generate Key TakeawaysA grandmother in rural Zambia has become an accidental style icon and internet sensation - after agreeing to play dress-up and swapping outfits with her fashionista granddaughter. Margret Chola, who is in her mid-80s, is known to the world as "Legendary Glamma" - and adored by 225,000 Instagram followers for her striking and playful fashion photographs.

Sep 13, 2024 | yahoo.com | Penny Dale

One day when struggling to get to grips with a spreadsheet to calculate his annual budget for art supplies, an idea popped into the mind of Ghanaian visual artist Joseph Awuah-Darko. He could use the database to track his bipolar disorder, a mental illness that causes huge swings in a person's moods, energy and concentration levels. “I'm a visual learner and I thought: 'Why don't I use colour as a language?'” Awuah-Darko told the BBC.