Nombuso Mchunu
South African trade unionist
South African trade unionist
South African anti-apartheid activist abducted, tortured and killed by government agents
South African political activist, educationist, and musician
Although she never became as public a figure as her husband was, she was significant in her own right and made a considerable contribution to her community and South Africa’s liberation struggle as a whole.
1800s South African prophet
South African politician
South African activist killed in the maseru Massacre in 1982
Colombia’s first chemical engineer of African descent, graduating from the University of Antioquia in 1951
Appointed professor in Chemical Engineering at Nnamdi Azikiwe University in 2006, she is thought to be the first woman to reach this level in Nigeria as well as the first female Dean of a Faculty of Engineering in Nigeria (2012).
Nigerian-American engineer who bridges the chemical and biological engineering fields