[ Funmilayo Ransome Kuti (1900-1978) is described by many as the doyen of female rights in Nigeria and was regarded as The Mother of Africa, as she was a very powerful force at a time when it was a taboo for women to be heard and as a fighter of womens right to vote. Described in 1947, by the West African Pilot as the Lioness of Lisabi as the leader of Egba women on a campaign against arbitrary taxation of women, that struggle led to the abdication of the Egba King Oba Ademola II in 1949. Her husband, Rev. I.O. Ransome-Kuti, fought for commoners too, and was one of the founders of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) in the 1930s and of the Nigerian Union of Students (NUS).[1] She is the mother of human right activists: Professor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, Musical legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Doctor Beko Kuti, and their sister Dolupo. ]
To learn more about the lioness of Lisabi, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, there is the book above by Cheryl Johnson-Odim and Nina Emma Mba, or you can go to the Assata Shakur forum, or even to wiki, and a long review on The Angry Black Woman.
2 comments:
Very interesting post.
I often read this blog, owned by London based Nigerian Molara Wood
http://wordsbody.blogspot.com/
I'm sure she'd like to read this post.
I'll bet she knows far more about all this than I do!
Her site is lovely.
Love, C.
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