Patricia Jobodwana
Jobodwana was the first and youngest Black woman to graduate from a South African university. She enrolled at Fort Hare University at the age of 14 for a BSc in medicine in 1955.
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Patricia de Lille
South African politician
Pansy Tlakula
South African human rights and women’s rights activist
Nosipho Dorothy Ntwanambi
South African activist who was Deputy President of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) and an African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee member.
Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
South African politician and activist
Nosipho Dastile
South African activist and one of the leaders of the Defiance Campaign of the early 1950s
Nontsizi Mgqwetho
Virtually nothing is known about the life of the first and only major female poet to write in Xhosa, apart from what is revealed in her writings, almost all of which appeared in the Johannesburg newspaper Umteleli wa Bantu between 1920 and 1929.
Theresa Kachindamoto
Malawian paramount chief and activist who used her authority to dissolve over 3,500 child marriages and advocate for education for both girls and boys
Bernice King
Bernice Albertine King carried on her family’s legacy by advancing the Kingian philosophy of nonviolent social change, as a minister, author, and CEO of the King Center.
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Considered to be one of the most powerful women in the world, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is renowned for her contributions to Nigeria’s economy and international economic organizations, including as Director-General of the World Trade Organization