Isabel Dos Santos

Portugal's Leading Women - In April 2011, Portugal native Ana Miranda launched the New York City-based Arte Institute to promote her homeland’s culture and spark intercultural collaborations between local creators. To mark the Institute’s inaugural celebration of Portuguese Women in the United States kicking off Oct. 5 in Manhattan, Miranda compiled a list of leading Afro-Portuguese women and those whose homelands share a strong cultural identity with Portugal. —Patrice Peck(Photos: Xinhua/Landov; Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images; EPA/PAULO NOVAIS/LANDOV)

Eight Leading Afro-Portuguese Women

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South African Police Lied About Marikana Massacre

Global Week in Review: South African Police Lied About Marikana Shootings

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Africa’s Richest Woman Looks to Retail

Forbes Blasts Rise of Africa’s Richest Woman as Corrupt, “Kleptocratic”

An investigative report calls out Isabel dos Santos.
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Infamous Heirs to the Throne

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Patrice Motsepe, South Africa — $2.9 billion - Motsepe is South Africa’s first and only Black billionaire, earning his fortune by building African Rainbow Minerals (ARM), which has interests in mining platinum, nickel, chrome, iron, manganese, coal, copper and gold.In January 2013, Motsepe announced he will give away half the income generated from assets owned by his family to the Motsepe Family Foundation.(Photo: 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa)

Forbes ' Black Billionaires 2013

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