LEGACY COLLECTION AFRICA
About The Work
We document life in Africa, history and culture through the stories of both well-known and unsung heroes. The collection shows the breadth and depth of the African experience by engaging the world with these stories. The collection serves to educate today’s and future generations while preserving the history of remarkable African people.
The interviews are powerful, never-before-told, indepth stories that are produced in multiple formats including video, audio, and written transcriptions. Each interview is made available online for free. The historical collection of stories will also be donated to the permanent library archives of universities across the continent.
Your story matters, it is uniquely your own, no one can tell it the way you can, and this is why Africa.com’s Chair, Teresa Clarke, personally conducts each interview. Teresa’s interview style is engaging, reflective, and she has an authentic interest in each story. The Legacy Collection is unique, raw and real.
Interviews are scheduled for one hour but sometimes they go so well that they continue to a more natural ending. This was the case with former President of Mauritius, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, she was so immersed in the interview that she kept talking and of course, Teresa kept listening.
LEGACY COLLECTION AFRICA
One Person At A Time
The Legacy Collection was launched to address the lack of documentation and preservation of Africa’s historical record of women and men. Many achievements have largely gone undocumented and this collection was born out of a desire to address this problem, one person at a time.
In 2021, Africa.com set out to tell the untold stories of both well-known and unsung women by creating a special place in history for each one. The stories captured in the collection of Legacy Women are conducted virtually so that location is not a factor and schedules are more easily coordinated. Some of the women have made significant contributions to business, policy, and culture during our lifetime yet many are still largely “unknown”.
AFRICA.COM LEGACY COLLECTION
The Importance Of A Legacy
The Legacy Collection includes stories of success against the odds, achievement in the face of adversity, and in all cases, stories of inspiration.
Our mission is to document, preserve, and make widely accessible, the interviews of remarkable people, and to establish an online database that will educate and showcase the legacies of these individuals across a variety of disciplines.
Our goal is to celebrate Africa by acknowledging those who have made significant contributions. Our desire is to inspire other to document a more complete record for future generations.
THE AFRICA.COM LEGACY COLLECTION
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