Guest blog post by author & motorcycle aficionado Liz Jansen.

Have you ever dreamed of having a great adventure? Or of doing something a bit "wild and crazy?

How about finding the road to a better life by becoming a "biker babe?" In the course of writing Women, Motorcycles and the Road to Empowerment, I found women who, like me, discovered motorcycles aren't made only for men.

Anita Brookner CBE (born 16 July 1928) is an English novelist and art historian who was born in Herne Hill, a suburb of London.

Brookner's father, Newson Bruckner, was a Polish immigrant, and her mother, Maude Schiska, was a singer whose father had emigrated from Poland and founded a tobacco factory.

Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kango Manta Zogbin Kidjo is a Grammy Award-winning Beninoise singer-songwriter and activist, noted for her diverse musical influences and creative videos.

BBC African Service included her in its list of the continent's 50 most iconic figures. Time Magazine called her "Africa's premier diva".