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African women who fought for scholarship & literature

4 women in the archive worked for scholarship & 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 Deolinda Rodrigues, Angola
Independence · Angola · 1939–1968Deolinda RodriguesAngolan revolutionary, poet and translator who corresponded with Martin Luther King Jr., co-founded the MPLA's women's…
Portrait of Muthoni Likimani, KenyaIndependence
Muthoni LikimaniKenya · 1926–2023
Portrait of Nana Asma'u, NigeriaPre-Colonial
Nana Asma'uNigeria · 1793–1864
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Portrait of Deolinda Rodrigues
Deolinda Rodrigues Angola · 1939–1968
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Portrait of Muthoni Likimani
Muthoni Likimani Kenya · 1926–2023
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Portrait of Nana Asma'u
Nana Asma'u Nigeria · 1793–1864
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Portrait of Tsitsi Dangarembga
Tsitsi Dangarembga Zimbabwe · 1959–present
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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
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