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'Newsweek': Oprah's School in Africa

By Sam Kean

Oprah Winfrey has spent $40-million over the past five years to build a school for girls that opened last week in a town 40 miles outside of Johannesburg, reports Newsweek magazine (January 8).

The school, which has 28 buildings on 22 acres, includes a yoga studio, beauty salon, indoor and outdoor theaters, and hundreds of pieces of original tribal...

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