Genet Sium
Eritrean figure writer, activist and nurse whose life and work have been shaped by her involvement in the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF) during the war for Eritrean independence from Ethiopia.
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Embet Ilen
Embet Ilen was a distinguished figure of high birth and political prominence during the Zemene Mesafint period in what is now Eritrea.
Hilda Bynoe
Dame Hilda Louisa Bynoe was a distinguished and pioneering Caribbean woman whose multifaceted contributions significantly impacted the region’s development.
Carmen Pereira
Pioneering Bissau-Guinean politician, physician, and women’s rights advocate
Andrée Blouin
A pivotal figure in the African independence movement of the 1960s.
Anne-Marie Adiaffi
1980s Ivorian novelist
Fadumo Ahmed Dhimbiil
Djiboutian poet, singer, and songwriter.
Pancha Carrasco
Costa Rican freedom fighter
Salima Machamba
Salima Machamba was the Sultan of Mohéli (Mwali) from 1888 to 1909.
Mabel Fairbanks
Mabel Fairbanks was a pioneering American figure skater and coach known for breaking racial barriers in the sport.