Article 5QRQ6 Howard University Didn't Have a Women's Rugby Team, So a Black Woman Spawned a Movement by Creating One

Howard University Didn't Have a Women's Rugby Team, So a Black Woman Spawned a Movement by Creating One

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Jay Connor
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In Shona, a Bantu language spoken by a large percentage of the Zimbabwe population, the name Takunda means we have overcome, conquered." And true to that definition, 19-year-old Takunda Rusike is creating a lane for Black women to play a sport that historically has catered to the opposite end of the color spectrum.

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