Women · By region
A collection · 43 women · 9 countries
Southern African women who shaped history
Twenty thousand women marched on Pretoria in 1956 and told the apartheid government that when you strike a woman, you strike a rock. Southern Africa's women fought pass laws, led liberation movements, and then took seats in the parliaments they helped create.
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A
A
Adelaide Tambo
Albertina Sisulu
B
Baleka Mbete
Bessie Head
B
Brenda Fassie
C
Caster Semenya
Charlotte Maxeke
D
Dulcie September
E
Ellen Kuzwayo
Esther Mahlangu
F
F
Fatima Meer
G
Graça Machel
H
Helen Suzman
I
Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika
J
Josina Machel
Joyce Banda
L
Labotsibeni Gwamile Mdluli
Lilian Ngoyi
Luisa Diogo
M
Mamphela Ramphele
M
Manthatisi
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Tlali
N
Nadine Gordimer
Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
O
Olive Schreiner
P
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
R
Rose Chibambo
Ruth First
S
Sally Mugabe
Stella Chiweshe
T
Tebello Nyokong
Theresa Kachindamoto
Tsitsi Dangarembga
U
Unity Dow
V
Vera Chirwa
V
Victoria Mxenge
W
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Y
Yvonne Chaka Chaka
Z
Zanele Muholi
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