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I acted as a man to get work - until I was accused of rape

Pili Hussein (pictured) wanted to make her fortune prospecting for a precious stone that’s said to be a thousand times rarer than diamonds, but since women weren’t allowed down the mines she dressed up as man and fooled her male colleagues for almost a decade.

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