Women · By cause
A collection · 6 women · 5 countries

African women in literature

6 women in the archive worked for literature. They came from different countries and different centuries, but each of them saw a wrong that others accepted and set out to change it.

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Portrait of Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghana
Modern · Ghana · 1942–2023Ama Ata AidooGhanaian author, playwright, and poet who spent over five decades writing some of the most important African…
Portrait of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, NigeriaContemporary
Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieNigeria · 1977–present
Portrait of Assia Djebar, AlgeriaModern
Assia DjebarAlgeria · 1936–2015
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Portrait of Ama Ata Aidoo
Ama Ata Aidoo Ghana · 1942–2023
Portrait of Assia Djebar
Assia Djebar Algeria · 1936–2015
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Portrait of Bessie Head
Bessie Head Botswana · 1937–1986
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Portrait of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Nigeria · 1977–present
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Portrait of Lola Shoneyin
Lola Shoneyin Nigeria · 1974–present
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Portrait of Olive Schreiner
Olive Schreiner South Africa · 1855–1920
Other causes
Women's rights48 women Education32 women Women's leadership31 women Human rights19 women Political leadership17 women Sovereignty & independence17 women Political rights15 women Anti-colonial activism14 women