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  2. Recent African origin of modern humans - Wikipedia

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    In paleoanthropology, the recent African origin of modern humans or the " Out of Africa " theory ( OOA) [a] is the most widely accepted [1] [2] [3] model of the geographic origin and early migration of anatomically modern humans ( Homo sapiens ). It follows the early expansions of hominins out of Africa, accomplished by Homo erectus and then ...

  3. Sandra Laing - Wikipedia

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    Sandra Laing. Sandra Laing (born 26 November 1955) is a South African woman who was classified as Coloured by authorities during the apartheid era, due to her skin colour and hair texture, although she was officially listed as the child of at least three generations of ancestors who had been regarded as white. At the age of 10, she was expelled ...

  4. Skin (2008 film) - Wikipedia

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    Skin is a 2008 biographical drama film directed by Anthony Fabian.It is based on the book When She Was White: The True Story of a Family Divided by Race by Judith Stone, and the life of Sandra Laing, a South African woman born to white parents, who was classified as "Coloured" during the apartheid era, presumably due to a genetic case of atavism.

  5. African-American family structure - Wikipedia

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    The African-American family structure has been divided into a twelve-part typology that is used to show the differences in the family structure based on “gender, marital status, and the presence or absence of children, other relatives or non-relatives." [20]

  6. Women in Africa - Wikipedia

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    The status of women in Africa is varied across nations and regions. For example, Rwanda is the only country in the world where women hold more than half the seats in parliament — 51.9% as of July 2019, [12] [13] but Morocco only has one female minister in its cabinet. [13]

  7. Eunice Mathu - Wikipedia

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    Eunice Njambi Mathu (born 7 April 1952) is the founder and editor-in-chief of Parents Africa, Kenya's most popular and longest running print magazine. Early life [ edit ] Njambi was born on 7 April 1952 in Kikuyu Constituency , Kiambu County as the seventh child in a family of nine.

  8. Family of Barack Obama - Wikipedia

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    The family of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, is a prominent American family active in law, education, activism and politics. Obama 's immediate family circle was the first family of the United States from 2009 to 2017, and are the first such family of African-American descent. [1] His immediate family includes his wife ...

  9. South African family law - Wikipedia

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    South African family law is concerned with those legal rules in South Africa which pertain to familial relationships. It may be defined as "that subdivision of material private law which researches, describes and regulates the origin, contents and dissolution of all legal relationships between: (i) husband and wife (including the parties to a civil union); (ii) parents, guardians (and other ...