11.   A young African woman, shivering a little in her colorful cotton wrap, was watching them.

12.   African women who carry heavy loads on their heads with apparent ease have mastered a walking technique that conserves energy, researchers say.

13.   African women tend to experience greater difficulty exercising their independence than their African-American sisters.

14.   But after New York -- where she became the first African woman to win a major marathon -- there were apologies.

15.   But Ghanaian-born Amet Akyea said the essay was right about the plight of single African women in the United States.

16.   But the African women have a secret weapon, the researchers discovered.

17.   But the main struggle against mutilation is being waged in Africa by African women, with help from the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the U.N. Population Fund.

18.   Chioma Ajunwa of Nigeria, the long-jump champion, became the first African woman to win a field event.

19.   Despite the risk, breast-feeding is an economic and cultural necessity for most African women.

20.   Earlier designs of the statue face, some authors and historians maintain, are those of an unnamed African woman.