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THROTTLE QUEEN'S

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    Founded in 2017, this African biker club is set on empowering women and encouraging them to ride When they rolled into Rwanda, the Throttle Queens drew stares. These female motorcyclists are on a mission. The roar of a motorcycle engine in Kigali, Rwanda’s hilly capital city, is as ubiquitous a sound as birds singing at dawn, the chatter of schoolchildren walking to class and the drumming of rain as it bounces between roofs during the wet season. Motorcycle taxis, called motos in Rwanda and boda bodas in neighboring East African nations, are a quick and affordable mode of transportation across the region. Most of Kigali is accessible by moto for about fifty cents to a dollar per ride, making it a common form of transportation, and abamotari — motorcycle drivers — fill the streets at all hours.    Founded in 2017, this African biker club is set on empowering women and encouraging them to ride When they rolled into Rwanda, the Throttle Queen