Shaleen Surtie-Richards
South African stage, film and television actress
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Dr Adesina Aramide Adenike
Nigerian petrochemical academic
Sathima Bea Benjamin
South African jazz singer and composer, and anti-apartheid activist
Nosimo Balindlela
South African politician
Bernard Ncube
South African nun and activist
Anna Murray Douglass
American abolitionist and wife of Frederick Douglass
Dr Jennie Patrick
Jennie R. Patrick worked in both industry and academia, taking particular care to mentor young women in her field. Her work has focussed on supercritical extraction and behaviours of superheated fluids and energy efficiency.
Dr Lilia Ann Abron
Lilia Ann Abron’s chemistry BS and sanitary engineering MS led to her PhD on reverse osmosis to remove DDT and Aldrin from water and her career on a wide range of environmental engineering and sustainability projects.
Zanele Madinane
South African engineer
Aïssata Issoufou Mahamadou
She is thought to be one of the first Nigerien women to pursue a career in the sciences and headed the mineralogy division of SOMAIR, the national mining company of Niger. She is the first wife of former President Mahamadou Issoufou (‘First Lady’ 2011-21) and has used her influence to improve access to health care in her country.