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Maya Angelou (1928-2014)

‘I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me’ Maya Angelou Born Marguerite Annie Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri...

Chief Mrs. Margaret Affiong Ekpo (27th June 1914-21st September 2006)

Born in the creek town of Cross Rivers State to Okoroafor Obiasulor and Inyang Eyo Aniemewue, she obtained her primary six certificate in 1934, and her to take up a job teaching in an elementary...

Wangari Maathai (1940-2011)

Wangari Muta Maathai, an African woman of Kenyan descent was born in Nyeri, a rural area of Kenya in 1940. She obtained a degree in Biological Sciences from Mount St. Scholastica College in Atchison, Kansas (1964),...

Hajara Gambo Sawaba

“If I don’t know book, I know rights… I have not been a member of any House of Assembly (legislature). I have not held any office except that I was a member of the House...

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