For the purpose of this article, we will only address the story of women from the African diaspora who have been elected to positions of leadership in countries other than the colonial powers that previously ruled their home countries.〔【出典】Global Voices Online◆【英文】Abdoulaye Bah ◆【和訳】Akira Nishikawa ◆【License】CC BY 3.0 〕
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former colonial power〔過去{かこ}に植民地{しょくみんち}を所有{しょゆう}していた列強{れっきょう}〕