Moza bint Ahmad

Moza bint Ahmad was an important political figure during the reigns of her two nephews, Salim bin Sultan and Said bin Sultan in 1800s Oman

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Rose Ziba Chibambo

Rose Lomathinda Chibambo was a prominent political figure in the British Protectorate of Nyasaland, later Malawi, in the prelude to its independence in 1964 and the subsequent years.

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Aoua Keïta

Aoua Keïta was a Malian midwife, activist, and politician, recognized as a prominent figure in Mali’s struggle for independence, trade unionism, and feminism.

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Kurmanjan Datka

Kurmanjan Datka, known as the Tsarina of Alaï or the “Queen of the South” in Kyrgyz, was a prominent figure in the history of present-day Kyrgyzstan.

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Ruth Perry

Liberian politician Ruth Sando Perry was the first woman to be head of state in a modern African country, as chair of Liberia’s third transitional government in the 1990s.

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