Women · By cause
A collection · 10 women · 8 countries

African women who fought for Pan-Africanism

10 women in the archive worked for pan-Africanism. 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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Three women to meet first

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 Adelaide Casely-Hayford, Sierra LeoneColonial
Adelaide Casely-HayfordSierra Leone · 1868–1960
Portrait of Cesária Évora, Cape VerdeModern
Cesária ÉvoraCape Verde · 1941–2011
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Portrait of Adelaide Casely-Hayford
Adelaide Casely-Hayford Sierra Leone · 1868–1960
Portrait of Ama Ata Aidoo
Ama Ata Aidoo Ghana · 1942–2023
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Portrait of Cesária Évora
Cesária Évora Cape Verde · 1941–2011
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Portrait of Deolinda Rodrigues
Deolinda Rodrigues Angola · 1939–1968
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Efua Sutherland Ghana · 1924–1996
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Portrait of Jeanne Martin Cissé
Jeanne Martin Cissé Guinea · 1926–2017
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Portrait of Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba South Africa · 1932–2008
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Portrait of Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma South Africa · 1949–present
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Portrait of Sara Forbes Bonetta
Sara Forbes Bonetta Nigeria · 1843–1880
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Portrait of Umm Kulthum
Umm Kulthum Egypt · 1898–1975
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