Hulda Shipanga
Hulda Kamboi Shipanga was a Namibian nurse, midwife, and advisor to the Namibian Ministry of Health.
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Rose Ziba Chibambo
Rose Lomathinda Chibambo was a prominent political figure in the British Protectorate of Nyasaland, later Malawi, in the prelude to its independence in 1964 and the subsequent years.
Aoua Keïta
Aoua Keïta was a Malian midwife, activist, and politician, recognized as a prominent figure in Mali’s struggle for independence, trade unionism, and feminism.
María Nsué Angüe
María Nsué Angüe was a prominent Equatoguinean writer and served as the Minister of Education and Culture.
Genet Sium
Eritrean figure writer, activist and nurse whose life and work have been shaped by her involvement in the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF) during the war for Eritrean independence from Ethiopia.
Embet Ilen
Embet Ilen was a distinguished figure of high birth and political prominence during the Zemene Mesafint period in what is now Eritrea.
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.