In this second part, we continue to honor the different African women who have had a postive impact in their countries and internationally.
The ten women represent just a sample of the many African women who have made a difference in their world and internationally and in the process helped to change the status quo. We cannot forget the many African women who previously held leadership positions like, chieftainship with powers to mediate on local cases. Others have been in the monarchy advising the monarchy on how to govern.
6) Sally Hayfron Mugabe (Zimbabwe)
Sally Mugabe was born in Ghana, the then Gold coast, and was raised in a political conscious family at a time when African nationalist were rising up against colonial rule. The bright, inspiring, compassionate woman trained to be a teacher but was also a political activist.
Sally was the first wife of President Dr. Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and consequently the first lady of Zimbabwe from 1987 until her death in 1992. She met her husband at Takoradi Teacher training College where they were both teaching and were married in 1961.
Sally went into exile in 1967 after Ian Smith the then leader of Rhodesia, arrested and jailed Dr Mugabe with other political activists involved in the struggle for independence in 1964. Dr Mugabe together with other activist would remain in prison for the next ten years and Sally spent the next eight years agitating for her husband’s and other political prisoners release.
Their only son born in 1963, died in 1966 from a malaria attack and she had to bury him alone because her husband was not allowed to attend the funeral. After the release of Dr Mugabe in 1975 she rejoined him in Mozambique where he had taken refuge. She became involved in helping the many Zimbabweans refugees who had escaped the brutal rule of their government at home. From this effort she earned the title “Amai” which means mother from Zimbabweans.
After Zimbabwe attained her independence, Sally was elected the ZANU-PF deputy Secretary for the Women’s League. She was officially elected “Secretary General of the ZANU-PF Women’s League at the Party’s Congress of 1989”. She is also credited as having initiated women and children developments projects both in Zimbabwe and in the United Kingdom to benefit African women.
Sally is fondly remembered as the mother of Zimbabwe and many consider Mugabe to have change after the lose of his real love.
7) Angie Elizabeth Brook-Randolph, (Liberia)
Angie Randolph was a Liberian woman who set many world pace for women and for Africa. Brook was the first Associate of justice in Liberia. She held a doctorate degree in Civil Law as well as many other academic degrees in Social science and Political Science.
Between 1953-1958, she was the Assistant Attorney General of Liberia as well as being a part time professor of Law at the University of Liberia. She was later appointed Assistant secretary of State and served in the position between 1956- 1973. She was appointed the President of the United Nations-Trusteeship Council between 1967-1968 and became the first African female to hold such a position.
Brook is also notable the only African female President of the United Nations General Assembly and the second female from any nation in the world to head the U.N. She was elected for the president’s position in 1969. Brook also served as her country’s ambassador at large and ambassador to the United Nations and Cuba between 1975 to 1977. In 1977 she was appointed a supreme court judge in Liberia. She died in September 2007 and was accorded a state funeral.
Read more: http://trifter.com/africa/zimbabwe/ten-african-women-who-have-had-a-positive-impact-nationally-and-internationally-part-two/#ixzz1N0fsv3DN
The ten women represent just a sample of the many African women who have made a difference in their world and internationally and in the process helped to change the status quo. We cannot forget the many African women who previously held leadership positions like, chieftainship with powers to mediate on local cases. Others have been in the monarchy advising the monarchy on how to govern.
6) Sally Hayfron Mugabe (Zimbabwe)
Sally Mugabe was born in Ghana, the then Gold coast, and was raised in a political conscious family at a time when African nationalist were rising up against colonial rule. The bright, inspiring, compassionate woman trained to be a teacher but was also a political activist.
Sally was the first wife of President Dr. Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and consequently the first lady of Zimbabwe from 1987 until her death in 1992. She met her husband at Takoradi Teacher training College where they were both teaching and were married in 1961.
Sally went into exile in 1967 after Ian Smith the then leader of Rhodesia, arrested and jailed Dr Mugabe with other political activists involved in the struggle for independence in 1964. Dr Mugabe together with other activist would remain in prison for the next ten years and Sally spent the next eight years agitating for her husband’s and other political prisoners release.
Their only son born in 1963, died in 1966 from a malaria attack and she had to bury him alone because her husband was not allowed to attend the funeral. After the release of Dr Mugabe in 1975 she rejoined him in Mozambique where he had taken refuge. She became involved in helping the many Zimbabweans refugees who had escaped the brutal rule of their government at home. From this effort she earned the title “Amai” which means mother from Zimbabweans.
After Zimbabwe attained her independence, Sally was elected the ZANU-PF deputy Secretary for the Women’s League. She was officially elected “Secretary General of the ZANU-PF Women’s League at the Party’s Congress of 1989”. She is also credited as having initiated women and children developments projects both in Zimbabwe and in the United Kingdom to benefit African women.
Sally is fondly remembered as the mother of Zimbabwe and many consider Mugabe to have change after the lose of his real love.
7) Angie Elizabeth Brook-Randolph, (Liberia)
Angie Randolph was a Liberian woman who set many world pace for women and for Africa. Brook was the first Associate of justice in Liberia. She held a doctorate degree in Civil Law as well as many other academic degrees in Social science and Political Science.
Between 1953-1958, she was the Assistant Attorney General of Liberia as well as being a part time professor of Law at the University of Liberia. She was later appointed Assistant secretary of State and served in the position between 1956- 1973. She was appointed the President of the United Nations-Trusteeship Council between 1967-1968 and became the first African female to hold such a position.
Brook is also notable the only African female President of the United Nations General Assembly and the second female from any nation in the world to head the U.N. She was elected for the president’s position in 1969. Brook also served as her country’s ambassador at large and ambassador to the United Nations and Cuba between 1975 to 1977. In 1977 she was appointed a supreme court judge in Liberia. She died in September 2007 and was accorded a state funeral.
Read more: http://trifter.com/africa/zimbabwe/ten-african-women-who-have-had-a-positive-impact-nationally-and-internationally-part-two/#ixzz1N0fsv3DN
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