41. She is only the second woman granted asylum in the United States because of genital cutting, which millions of African women undergo each year. 42. She was the first African woman to win a major marathon. 43. She was also the first African woman to win a field event. 44. She has become a strong advocate for the rights of African women. 45. She was unable to carry the child strapped to her back, as African women do. 46. The African women could carry a fifth of their weight without burning a single extra calorie. 47. The African women, however, are able to minimize this loss through a tiny alteration of their gait. 48. The average American women was able to come in contact with the average African woman, the average Mexican woman. 49. The five African women were still being held for questioning Sunday after a Rwandan priest met them and discovered that they spoke no language used in Rwanda. 50. The enormousness of the African AIDS orphan problem derives from the fact that more African women than men are infected with HIV. |