"I feel a lot of times in the pursuit of trying to tell African stories, we want to glamorise the real pain and trauma we go through as a continent, and I think that this story was so powerful — it’s about these girls in Goma who faced horrific challenges in their life, and they’re quite young. They use boxing as a method to take out that frustration and find strength."
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Hot Lunch with Ama Qamata Between global success and personal evolution, Ama Qamata is writing her next act on her own terms. Wanted Online (3 November 2025)
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