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reform",{"causes":437},[385,15,14],{"causes":439},[322,263,67,220],{"causes":441},[171,18,442,173],"Polygamy & marriage law",{"causes":444},[445,446,447,448],"Women's welfare","Rural development","First Lady legacy","Beauty and culture",{"causes":450},[213,173,451,15],"Legal reform",{"causes":453},[454,455,109],"Women's legal rights","Ending marriage by abduction",{"causes":457},[67,14,13],{"causes":459},[140,49,302,47],{"causes":461},[62,186,19,20],{"causes":463},[138,464,127,465,466],"Black women's voices in publishing","Black-owned publishing","Documenting township life",{"causes":468},[469,470,471,472],"Sacrifice","Community protection","Women's courage","Yoruba heritage",{"causes":474},[205,14,15],{"causes":476},[67,206,20,18],{"causes":478},[138,479,57,25],"Literature & free expression",{"causes":481},[189,206,260,13],{"causes":483},[322,26,484,485],"Social development","First ladies' activism",{"causes":487},[488,489,490],"Women in sport","Olympic leadership","Youth empowerment through sport",{"causes":492},[72,20,493,494,25],"Anti-FGM","Secularism",{"causes":496},[205,12,14,15],{"causes":498},[67,14,68],{"causes":500},[501,502,503],"National liberation and independence","Women in political leadership","Peace, stability and clean government",{"causes":505},[140,506,302,49],"Health awareness",{"causes":508},[249,509,15,510],"Transparency & anti-corruption","Global trade & development",{"causes":512},[513,514,13,18],"Art","Women empowerment",{"causes":516},[62,63,139,19],{"causes":518},[14,205,12,385],{"causes":520},[18,521,522,380],"Anti-corruption","Good governance",{"causes":524},[72,525,20,71],"Anti-racism",{"causes":527},[311,528,20,313],"Humanitarian work",{"causes":530},[531,532,533,534,535],"Women's economic independence","Indigenous African commerce","Women's political authority","Market regulation","Dispute resolution",{"causes":537},[538,539,540,541,542],"Women's empowerment","HIV/AIDS awareness","National unity","Niger Delta environmental justice","Artists' rights",{"causes":544},[20,545,546,105,547],"Against forced marriage","Against polygamy","Economic empowerment of women",{"causes":549},[20,12,183,18],{"causes":551},[552,553,15,554],"Truth & reconciliation","Trauma & healing","Psychology & social justice",{"causes":556},[89,90,88,557],"Cultural legacy",{"causes":559},[560,561,562,563,531],"Women's safety","Ending FGM","Ending forced marriage","Shelter for survivors of violence",{"causes":565},[140,49,302,47],{"causes":567},[67,322,64,14],{"causes":569},[57,26,15],{"causes":571},[138,572,64,573],"Journalism & free press","Academic freedom",{"causes":575},[43,576,322,577,578],"Disarmament","Democratic elections","Refugee resettlement",{"causes":580},[140,49,168,47],{"causes":582},[359,15,404,12],{"causes":584},[205,20,585,586],"Refugee support","Independence struggle",{"causes":588},[12,26,79,20],{"causes":590},[21,18,591,19],"Resilience",{"causes":593},[205,385,68,14],{"causes":595},[596,597,598],"Genocide remembrance","Literature as testimony","Dignity of refugees and women",{"causes":600},[601,42,602,603,604],"African food security","Bioscience capacity in Africa","Sustainable pest management","Smallholder farmers",{"causes":606},[140,49,302,47],{"causes":608},[609,322,610,611,612],"Women's access to education","Social welfare","Educational equity","Disability rights",{"causes":614},[12,79,20,26],{"causes":616},[617,618,619,620,621],"Women in sacred music","Preservation of mbira tradition","Cultural resistance","Zimbabwean liberation","Mentoring female musicians",{"causes":623},[234,624,625,626],"Pharmaceuticals","Women in business","Entrepreneurship",{"causes":628},[629,630,631,632,633],"Abolition of the death penalty","Prisoners' rights","Legal education for the incarcerated","Fair sentencing","Rehabilitation of ex-prisoners",{"causes":635},[636,637,638,639,573],"African feminism","Decolonisation of law","LGBTQ+ rights","Ending sexual harassment",{"causes":641},[139,209,249,26],{"causes":643},[644,645,40],"Women's health","Family planning",{"causes":647},[14,205,12,648],"Military strategy",{"causes":650},[42,651,652,653,654],"Affordable cancer treatment","Nanotechnology in Africa","Clean water","Mentorship of African researchers",{"causes":656},[157,488,657,658],"Refugee rights","Youth empowerment",{"causes":660},[213,183,18,20],{"causes":662},[330,663,664],"Nation-building","Indigenous heritage",{"causes":666},[140,49,667,47],"Afrobeats",{"causes":669},[133,670,134,671],"Economics","Public service",{"causes":673},[206,127,20,173],{"causes":675},[21,15,19,168],{"causes":677},[678,679,680],"Equal citizenship for women","Human rights and access to justice","Indigenous land rights",{"causes":682},[683,173,183],"Environmental rights",{"causes":685},[57,119,64,20],{"causes":687},[24,688,25,15],"Human rights law",{"causes":690},[67,20,64,57],{"causes":692},[683,26,20,521],{"causes":694},[18,695,696,697],"African scholarship","Women in research","Gender equity",{"causes":699},[493,20,57,700],"UN advocacy",{"causes":702},[703,704,20,705],"Global health","Inequality","HIV/AIDS",{"causes":707},[62,64,708,15],"Black liberation",{"causes":710},[67,14,12],{"causes":712},[234,20,713,714],"Community development","Family legacy",{"causes":716},[15,385,13],{"causes":718},[719,539,720,538,721],"Malaria eradication","Children's welfare","Adult literacy",{"causes":723},[388,15,337,360],{"causes":725},[57,20,726,337],"Conflict & sexual violence",{"causes":728},[729,730,731,732,733],"Black LGBTQIA+ visibility","Ending hate crimes","Trans rights","Queer archives","Reclaiming Black identity",[735,745,755,764,773,782,791,800,808,817,823,831,839,848,857,865,873],{"name":736,"slug":737,"image":738,"country":739,"born":740,"died":741,"era":742,"summary":743,"causes":744},"Abla Pokou","abla-pokou","/women/placeholder.svg","Côte d'Ivoire",1700,1760,"Pre-Colonial","Ashanti princess who led a breakaway people west across the Comoé River during an 18th-century succession war and founded the Baoulé, today one of Côte d'Ivoire's largest nations. Her legend of a mother's terrible sacrifice at the river is one of West Africa's most retold origin stories.",[12,13,14,15],{"name":746,"slug":747,"image":748,"country":749,"born":750,"died":751,"era":752,"summary":753,"causes":754},"Aline Sitoé Diatta","aline-sitoe-diatta","/women/aline-sitoe-diatta.jpg","Senegal",1920,1944,"Colonial","Diola spiritual leader in Casamance, Senegal, who led resistance against French colonial rice requisitions during World War II. Arrested and deported to Timbuktu, where she died at 24.",[67,68,14],{"name":756,"slug":757,"image":758,"country":759,"born":760,"died":761,"era":752,"summary":762,"causes":763},"Empress Zewditu","empress-zewditu","/women/empress-zewditu.jpg","Ethiopia",1876,1930,"Empress of Ethiopia from 1916 to 1930, the first woman to head an internationally recognised African state in modern history. She preserved Ethiopian sovereignty during the scramble for Africa.",[12,14,260],{"name":765,"slug":766,"image":767,"country":768,"born":769,"died":770,"era":742,"summary":771,"causes":772},"Kandake Amanirenas","kandake-amanirenas","/women/kandake-amanirenas.jpg","Sudan",-60,-10,"Queen of the Kingdom of Kush who led her armies against the Roman Empire, famously defeating Roman forces in battle and negotiating a peace treaty that kept her kingdom independent for generations.",[14,385,205],{"name":774,"slug":775,"image":776,"country":777,"born":778,"died":779,"era":742,"summary":780,"causes":781},"Kimpa Vita","kimpa-vita","/women/kimpa-vita.jpg","Democratic Republic of the Congo",1684,1706,"Kongolese prophet who led a religious and political movement to reunify the Kingdom of Kongo, claiming to be possessed by Saint Anthony. Burned at the stake at 22.",[68,67,14,13],{"name":783,"slug":784,"image":785,"country":786,"born":787,"died":788,"era":752,"summary":789,"causes":790},"Labotsibeni Gwamile Mdluli","labotsibeni","/women/labotsibeni.jpg","Eswatini",1858,1925,"The formidable queen regent known as Gwamile, 'the indomitable', who ruled Swaziland through its harshest colonial decades, financed early Black South African nationalism, and preserved the monarchy for her grandson Sobhuza II.",[12,18,14,15],{"name":792,"slug":793,"image":794,"country":795,"born":796,"died":797,"era":752,"summary":798,"causes":799},"Lalla Fatma N'Soumer","lalla-fatma-nsoumer","/women/lalla-fatma-nsoumer.jpg","Algeria",1830,1863,"Algerian resistance leader who commanded Kabyle forces against the French colonial invasion in the 1850s, becoming one of North Africa's most celebrated anti-colonial warriors.",[205,14,68],{"name":801,"slug":802,"image":738,"country":803,"born":804,"died":805,"era":742,"summary":806,"causes":807},"Manthatisi","manthatisi","Lesotho",1781,1836,"Warrior queen and regent of the Batlokwa who led tens of thousands through the upheaval of the Difaqane, becoming the most feared military leader in the southern African interior. Legend turned her into a one-eyed giant; history records a shrewd ruler who once bluffed an entire army into retreat.",[385,15,14],{"name":809,"slug":810,"image":811,"country":812,"born":813,"died":814,"era":752,"summary":815,"causes":816},"Mekatilili wa Menza","mekatilili-wa-menza","/women/mekatilili-wa-menza.jpg","Kenya",1840,1924,"Giriama leader who organised mass resistance against British colonial rule in coastal Kenya, using traditional oaths and dance to unite her people against forced labour and land seizure.",[67,14,13],{"name":818,"slug":819,"image":738,"country":812,"born":761,"died":820,"era":152,"summary":821,"causes":822},"Muthoni Kirima","muthoni-kirima",2023,"The only woman to reach the rank of Field Marshal in Kenya's Mau Mau uprising, who fought British colonial rule from the forests of Mount Kenya. She spent the rest of her life demanding that her country honour the freedom fighters it chose to forget.",[205,14,15],{"name":824,"slug":825,"image":826,"country":749,"born":827,"died":828,"era":752,"summary":829,"causes":830},"Ndaté Yalla Mbodj","ndate-yalla-mbodj","/women/ndate-yalla-mbodj.jpg",1810,1860,"The last great queen of Waalo in northern Senegal, who governed, taxed and went to war against French expansion in the 1850s. Defeated but never forgotten, she is one of Senegal's enduring symbols of resistance and female sovereignty.",[205,12,14,15],{"name":832,"slug":833,"image":834,"country":835,"born":813,"died":836,"era":752,"summary":837,"causes":838},"Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana","nehanda-charwe-nyakasikana","/women/nehanda-charwe-nyakasikana.jpg","Zimbabwe",1898,"Zimbabwean spirit medium and revolutionary leader who commanded the First Chimurenga uprising against British colonisation. Her last words, 'my bones will rise,' became the rallying cry of Zimbabwe's independence movement 80 years later.",[67,14,68],{"name":840,"slug":841,"image":842,"country":843,"born":844,"died":845,"era":742,"summary":846,"causes":847},"Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba","nzinga-ndongo-matamba","/women/nzinga-ndongo-matamba.png","Angola",1583,1663,"Queen of Ndongo and Matamba who resisted Portuguese colonisation and the slave trade for four decades through diplomacy, alliance-building, and military leadership.",[14,205,12,385],{"name":849,"slug":850,"image":851,"country":852,"born":853,"died":854,"era":152,"summary":855,"causes":856},"Rose Chibambo","rose-chibambo","/women/rose-chibambo.jpg","Malawi",1928,2016,"Malawian independence activist and politician who was a founding leader of the Malawi Congress Party, mobilising women across the country in the fight against British colonial rule.",[67,322,64,14],{"name":858,"slug":859,"image":738,"country":860,"born":861,"died":862,"era":752,"summary":863,"causes":864},"Sarraounia Mangou","sarraounia-mangou","Niger",1850,null,"Azna warrior-queen and priestess of Lougou who, in 1899, stood against one of the most violent French military columns ever sent into Africa and refused to surrender her people. Her defiance became a Nigerien legend and an award-winning film.",[205,385,68,14],{"name":866,"slug":867,"image":868,"country":759,"born":869,"died":870,"era":752,"summary":871,"causes":872},"Taytu Betul","taytu-betul","/women/taytu-betul.jpg",1851,1918,"Empress of Ethiopia (1889–1913) who co-ruled with Menelik II. Key figure in the Battle of Adwa and in resisting Italian colonisation; founded Addis Ababa.",[14,205,12,648],{"name":874,"slug":875,"image":876,"country":877,"born":813,"died":878,"era":752,"summary":879,"causes":880},"Yaa Asantewaa","yaa-asantewaa","/women/yaa-asantewaa.png","Ghana",1921,"Queen Mother of Ejisu who led the Ashanti army against British colonial forces in the War of the Golden Stool, one of the last major anti-colonial wars in West Africa, led by a woman.",[67,14,12],1789050127540]