Embet Ilen
Embet Ilen was a distinguished figure of high birth and political prominence during the Zemene Mesafint period in what is now Eritrea.
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Hilda Bynoe
Dame Hilda Louisa Bynoe was a distinguished and pioneering Caribbean woman whose multifaceted contributions significantly impacted the region’s development.
Carmen Pereira
Pioneering Bissau-Guinean politician, physician, and women’s rights advocate
Ruth Perry
Ruth Sando Perry is a distinguished Liberian politician and a trailblazer in the nation’s political landscape.
Andrée Blouin
A pivotal figure in the African independence movement of the 1960s.
Anne-Marie Adiaffi
1900s Ivorian writer
Fadumo Ahmed Dhimbiil
Prominent Djiboutian poet, singer, and songwriter.
Salima Machamba
Salima Machamba was the Sultan of Mohéli (Mwali) from 1888 to 1909.
Mabel Fairbanks
Mabel Fairbanks was a pioneering American figure skater and coach known for breaking racial barriers in the sport.
Amanda Smith
Methodist preacher and former enslaved woman who funded The Amanda Smith Orphanage and Industrial Home for Abandoned and Destitute Colored Children outside Chicago