Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/The World Contest/Missing articles/Africa
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- Hassiba Amrouche, singer
- Blanche Azoulay, first female lawyer in Algeria (upon being called to the Bar of Algiers).[1][2][3][4] (1 sentence stub)
- B
- Hasna El Becharia, singer
- Fatima Belhadj, actress
- Massa Bouchafa, singer
- Amel Bouakba, journalist
- Chafia Boudraa, actress
- C
- Ouahiba Chaoui, poet
- Yasmina Chelali, fashion designer
- Dorothée Chellier (1860-1930), early doctor - stub
- D
- Daiffa, caricaturist
- Cheikha Djénia, singer
- Djura (singer), singer
- F
- Bahia Farah, singer
- Dalila Fourar, politician
- G
- Ain-Tair Guendez, politician
- H
- Beggar Hadda, singer
- Aïcha Haddad (1937-2005), illuminator
- Nafissa Hamoud
- Ouardia Hamtouche, actress
- Zohra Zahia Hanous, association football player
- Zahia Dahel Hebrih, painter and sculptor
- Maryvonne Herzog, pianist and designer
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- Aïcha Kassoul, screenwriter
- M
- Blagovesta Mekki-Tzvetkova
- Salima Aït Mohamed, poet and writer
- Fadila Morsly, painter
- Nadia Ben Mouhoub
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- Imen Noël, actress
- O
- Bouchra Okbi, actress
- R
- Beihdja Rahal
- Meriem Riveill, film director
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- L'alia Sahnoune, politician
- Samira Sahraoui, actress
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- Nadia Talbi, actress
- Cheikha Tetma, musician
- Y
- Yasmina (singer), singer
- Irina D. França, musician
- Lúcia Nereida do Carmo Morais, writer and poet
- Ungudi Quiawacana, athlete
- Vaumara Rebelo, Miss Angola 2012
- Virginia Vitorino, playwright
- Affo Love (1979-2009), dancer
- Organisation des Femmes Révolutionnaires du Bénin
- Haridiata Dakouré, magistrate
- Stella Ilboudo, association football player
- Suzy Henrique Nikiéma, novelist
- Laetitia Berthier, sportsperson and pole vaulter
- Espérance Musirimu, lawyer
- Julie Ngriye (who is this? what are they notable for?)
- A
- Gibering Bol Alima, politician
- Annie Anzouer, singer
- B
- Patricia Berthelot, businesswoman
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- Minette Libom Li Likeng, politician
- M
- Evelyne Pèlerin Ngo Maa, poet
- Agnès Ndoumbé Mandeng, banker
- Élise Mballa, choreographer
- Marguerite Mbida, politician
- Catherine Bakang Mbock, politician
- Madeleine Memb, journalist, radio producer
- N
- Dechantal Fokou Ntolack, judo
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- Christelle Okodombe, judo
- Jhoyce Oto, poet, architect and diversity advisor
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- Madeleine Tchuinte, politician
- Grace Ngemukong Tima/Grace Tima (b. 1954), Cameroonian agriculturist
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- Kate Ngowo Williams (born c.1960), writer
- Marie-Ange Zimndou Koutou, nurse, BBC 100 women
- Bernadette Bayonne] (born 1932), teacher and politician - can't find details
- Maman Eldjima, singer
- Haoua Ngaba, singer
- Naïma (Comoros singer), singer
- Pauline Akonga, basketball player
- Lima-Baleka Bosek'Ilolo / Lima Bosekilolo (born 1949), poet.[6]
- Viviane Bikuba Cibalonza, lawyer
- Bernardine Esungi, politician
- Rose Tumba Kaja/Ntumba Kaja, first female lawyer to become a Bâtonnier in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2014) [upon her appointment in the Lubumbashi Bar; Haut-Katanga Province].[7]
- Christine Kalonji/ Christine Kalondji, short story writer.[6]
- Marie-Madeleine Mienze Kiaku , politician
- Catherine Nzuzi wa Mbombo, politician
- Louise Munga Mesozi, politician
- Angélique Milemba, politician
- Xaverine Karomba Mitimituje, politician
- Marie-Antoinette Gbiatibwa Gogbe / Marie-Antoinette Mobutu (1941-1977), first wife of Mobutu
- Liliane Pande Muaba, politician
- Marthe Diur Ntumb / Diur Ntumb / N'Tumb Diur, playwright.[6]
- Madiya Clémentine Nzuji, poet.[6]
- Marie-Grégoire Tambila, politician
- Elisabeth Tol'ande / Elisabeth Tol'ande / Betty Mweya Tol'Ande / Élisabeth Mweya Tol'ande / Elisabeth Françoise Mweya Tol'ande, short story writer.[6]
- Kabika Tshilolo, novelist.[6] Author of Le pilier du chef et autres contes , Kinshasa: Pavillon des Ecrivains , 1986.
- Henriette Diatoulou (born 1942), magistrate
- Aurèle Itoua-Atsono, handball player
- Chardente Saya Ndoulou, football player
- Korane Ahmed Aouled, lawyer
- Amaal Mohamadein Ahamad, ecotoxicologist
- Magda Amer, alternative medicine advocate and caller for Islam
- Amira Amir, actress
- Marie Bassili Assaad / Marie Assaad, ecumenical leader and activist
- Beba Ezz Eddine, actress
- Nashwa El-Bendary, computer scientist
- Marwa El-Daly, activist
- Ehsane El Gazaerli, actress
- Mia Jankowicz, writer, art director and curator
- Sally Sabry, businesswoman
- Yousriya Loza Sawiris
- Nihal Saad Zaghloul, business development [1], [2]
- Elsa Kidane, singer
- Kidist Bayelegne, director and writer
- Abiyot Eshetu, distance runner
- Woynishet Girma, athlete
- Nazima Hanafi Muhammed, political figure
- Konjit SineGiorgis
- Azeb Worku (born 1975) playwright
- Tsege Worku, athlete
- Peggy Lucie Auleley, French-language poet
- Marylise Issembé, lawyer
- Nadine Bari (born 1940) is a novelist
- Hawa Conté, football player
- Sama Dioubaté, singer
- Sona Diabaté, singer
- Constance Aman (1972-), singer
- Lucie Avoaka, businesswoman
- Kwassi Béatrice Cowplli-Boni, lawyer
- Maty Dollar, singer
- Tina Glamour, singer
- Affou Kéïta, singer
- Henriette Konan Bédié, First Lady (1993–1999)
- Aïcha Koné, singer
- Julie Mabéa, singer
- Awa Maïg, singer
- Nash du Gbonhi, singer
- Clémentine Papouet, singer
- Reine Pélagie, singer
- Les Pivoines, singer
- Princesse Ella, singer
- Joelle Séka, singer
- Alice Sofa, singer
- Diane Solo, singer
- Chantal Taiba, singer
- Joyce Tape, singer
- Teeyah, singer
- Mawa Traoré, singer
- Jamila Abass, entrereneur
- Roselyn Akombe, civil servant
- Esther Chesire (disappeared 1976) was a Kenyan student studying at Makerere University during Idi Amin's reign, who was arrested and disappeared without trace.
- Nancy Karigithu, lawyer
- Linda Kwamboka, entrepreneur
- Lisa Mugure, civil engineer
- Rosemary Owino, writer
- Lorna Rutto, entrepreneur
- ‘Neile Alina ‘Mantoa Fanana, ombudsman
- Martha Harris Sisusa Dunn (1901-1990) was a Liberian kindergarten educator.[8]
- Mary Fiske / Mary McCritty Fiske was a Liberian journalist, civil servant and church worker.
- Sarah King-Howard was Secretary of the Liberian Delegation to the United Nations in 1947. She also served as Under-Secretary of Education and became a member of the House of Representatives.[9]
- Susannah Lewis was a nineteenth-century Liberian woman. She was chair of a group of women who made the first Flag of Liberia.
- Rachel Massaquoi / Rachel E. T. Johnson Massaquoi (1893-1986), businesswoman and social worker.[10]
- Sarah Simpson-George was a Liberian educator and women's rights activist. She was founder-president of the Liberian Women's Social and Political Movement.
- Etta Wright.
- Fethiye Nuri al-Khaled, spouse of Gaddafi
- Naima al-Obeid, activist
- Karima El Hadi Turki, lawyer
- Mariam Abdou, actress
- Suzanne Urveg Ratsimamanga [3]
- Dinnah Kapiza, agro business
- Djeneba Konate Keita, Environment minister
- Adja Soumano, singer
- Chéché Dramé, singer
- Déné Issébéré, singer-songwriter
- Diallo Déidia Mahamane Kattra, politician
- Diallo Madeleine Bâ, politician
- Djiré Pendaré Traoré, politician
- Fantani Touré, singer and compose
- Konaré Mariam Kalapo, politician
- M’Bam Diatigui Diarra, jurist
- Madina N'Diaye, singer
- Mamadou Serov Traoré, association football player
- Oumou Diarra, writer
- Sali Sidibé, singer
- Saranfing Kouyaté, singer
- Tata Diakité, singer
- Traoré Rokiatou Guikiné, politician
- Hawa Diallo, artist
- Nancy Abeiderrahmane / Nancy Jones Abeiderrahmane, camel milk entrepreneur
- Zeinabou Naha Ahmed, politician.[11]
- Diyé Ba, politician.[11]
- Khadijetou Mint Boubou, politician.[11]
- Khira Mint Cheikhany, director general of TV de Mauritanie
- Ba Diyyé, politician.[11]
- Noubghouha Mint Ettelamid
- Vivi Mint Feiji, business executive
- Seniya Mint Sidi Haiba, politician.[11]
- Marième Mint Hamdinou (died 2018), founder and first president of the UNFM.[12]
- Aicha Mint Jiddane, first woman to run for the Mauritanean presidency
- Elbetrigha Mint Kaber, politician.[11]
- Aichetou Mint Mheihem / Aichetou Mint M'Haiham, politician and diplomat.[11]
- Fatimétou Mint Mohamed Saleck, politician.[11]
- Umamah Bint Sheikh Sidia, first female judge in Mauritania
- Union Nationale des Femmes de Mauritanie / Union Nationale des Femmes Mauritaniennes (UNFM)
- Salka Mint Bilal Ould Yamar / Salka Mint Bilal Yamar, politician and diplomat.[11]
- Kalyanee Bedwantee Juggoo
- Priyadharshini Madhou, plant biotechnologist
- Saheda Peeroo, lawyer
- Indira Thacoor Sidaya
- Naima Abattouy, biologist
- Chaima Lahsini (born c.1993), journalist [4]
- Esperança Chamba, agricultural scientist
- Maria Isabel de Sousa Lobo, writer
- Sónia Maciel, animal reproduction for agriculture
- Bene Gwanes, lawyer
- Ellen Ndeshi Namhila, writer [5]
- Rachel Valentina Nghiwete, writer [6]
- Ena Venter, music teacher [7]
- Diaroumeye Gany
- Adji Fati Kountche, lawyer
- A
- Abisoye Adekanmbi, Antarctic marathon
- Gwen Alford, poet
- Anne Akpabot, writer
- Rose Anizoba, writer
- E
- Hope Eghagha, writer (man? [8])
- Ehime Eigbe, CEO of dairy company, video and pix available
- Grace Chinjinwa Ezekoka, engineer
- K
- Fatima Kazim, writer
- Bolajoko Kuforiji
- Dorcas Bola Kuforiji-Olubi, first female Nigerian "commander" of a bank
- L
- Abiodun Duro Ladipo (b. 1941), actor and singer
- Hajia Hajju Lawal, lawyer
- Rebecca Salu Livingstone, Zoologist
- M
- Stella Martins, writer
- N
- Otunba Basirat Nahibi, politician
- Kate Nwankwo, writer
- O
- Merit Gordon Obua, fashion personality
- Honey Ogundey, Presenter
- Adetoun Ogunseye, academic
- Amarachi Ojinma, footballer
- Mary Okoye, writer
- Sister [[Teresa Okure|WD=}}, Catholic nun
- Otutoye Olusola Olakunrin
- Chinere Onyelucheya, pilot
- Grace N.A. Osifo, writer,
- Anji Ossai, writer
- Goldlyn Ugonna Ozowuba, writer
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- Fatima Pam, writer
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- Fatima Bombom Sani, lawyer
- Y
- Aminat Yakubu, footballer
- Note "*" IrokoTV and NdaniTV use cc licenses so you can find pictures by searching on these two words in commons. Lots of Nigerian web people.
- Jeannine Herrmann-Grisius, novelist [9]
- Thérèse Muamini, French-language novelist [10]
- Marie-Aimable Umurerwa, autobiographical writer [11]
- Yacine Boubou. lingeer
- Mame Diene, entrepreneur
- Khady Nani Dramé, plant biotech
- Lima Fabien, writer
- Kirsten Donald/Kirsty Donald, University of Cape Town
- Amy de Castro, entrepreneur
- Desiree Finca, lawyer
- Emma Gray, ecologist
- Tengiwe Cristina Kaba, (aka Mama Cristina Kaba)
- Andy Kawa, businesswoman
- Kenalemang Kgoroeadira, (aka Mama Kena) founder of Thojane Organic Farm
- Namrita Lall, bacteriology
- Akiedah Mohamed, filmmaker
- Sizakele Mzimela, pilot
- Claire Reid, entrepreneur
- Eulalia Salgado, lawyer
- Sally-Jean Shackleton, activist for the rights of sex workers
- Amy Stokes, CNN Hero
- Jane Trembath, pilot
- Tebogo Mashe, entrepreneur
The following are members of the Academy of Science of South Africa and are cited here:
- Judith Bishop (computer scientist)
- Liesbeth Botha
- Stephanie Burton
- Jane Carruthers
- Jennifer Case
- Theresa Coetzer
- Jeanet Conradie
- Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie
- Colleen Downs
- Kathleen Driver
- Jeanetta du Plessis
- Willemien du Plessis
- Liesel Ebersöhn
- Irma Eloff
- Petra Engelbrecht
- Sabiha Essack
- Rosalie Finlayson
- Mellony Graven
- Diane Grayson (physicist)
- Minrie Greeff
- Susan Thérèse Largier Harrison
- Diane Hildebrandt (chemist)
- Sarah Jane Howie
- Heidi Hudson
- Nicola Illing
- Hilary Janks
- Rifka Kfir
- Carolina Koornhof
- Renée C Kraan–Korteweg
- Anna Kramvis
- Salome Kruger
- Maryke Labuschagne
- Nomathemba Virginia Magi
- Delia Marshall
- Angela Mathee
- Veronica McKay
- Lirieka Meintjes-Van der Walt
- Kathryn Myburgh
- Shamila Nair
- Marie-Louise Newell
- Stella Nkomo
- Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya
- Dorrit Posel
- Priscilla Reddy
- Linda Marlene Richter
- Cornelia Roux
- Maria Schoeman
- Mary Catherine Scholes
- Soraya Seedat
- Sheona Shackleton
- Tamara Shefer
- Precious Sibanda
- Olive Shisana
- Ruth Simbao
- Ratnamala Singh
- Daniela Cristina Stefan
- Nthoana Tau-Mzamane
- Jennifer Ann Thomson
- Annél van Aswegen
- Louise Viljoen
- Renuka Vithal
- Wilma Viviers
- Melanie Walker (educationalist)
- Vanessa Watson
- Paula Watt
- Carolyn Williamson - stub
- Sania Mustafa/Saniya Mustafa, lawyer
- Fatma Malek was the first Sudanese woman to be headmistress of a girls' secondary school.
- Ihsan Gabshawi / Ihsan Al-Gabshawi is a Sudanese politician.
- Sitt Batul / Sitt Batul Muhammad Isa / Sitt Batoul Mohamed Eisa was a pioneering Sudanese midwife.
- Elsie Eyakuze, social worker, newspaper columnist
- Jacqueline Kibacha, poet
- Mwana Mwema, queen in Zanzibar
- Symphorose A. Tarimo Nesbitt/Rose A. Tarimo Nesbitt/Rose Nesbitt (b. 1952), Tanzanian entomologist
- Julie Akofa Akoussah, singer
- Dopévi Dagbé, politician
- Acouetey Massan Lorette, lawyer
- Aïda Ajimi, lawyer
- Juliette Smaja Zerah, lawyer
- Claude Sarfarti, lawyer
- Salama Rachel Cohen Solel, lawyer
- Evas Ainomugisha, police officer
- Esther Kazinda, television personality
- Margret Masagazi, journalist
- Florence Ssajjabbi, academic
- Irene Zikusoka, television personality
- Malaika Nnyanzi, media personality
- J. J. McGrowther, barrister
- Fadzai Zengeya, agricultural sciences
- Sarah Feresu, environmentalist [12]
- Nicole Lewin, artist
- Phyllis Mackendrick, lawyer
- Barbara Murray (art critic), art critic
African feminists (all African countries together)
edit- You can get points and prizes for the 1) creation of an article, 2) improvement to an already existing article and 3) thorough review and polishing of an article in those lists. Below, the list of articles to create is also provided.
- AWiB / African Women in Business (NGO) [13]
- Paula Saphir Helene
- Roman Kifle
- Dupe Killa
- Mary Modupe Kolawole
- Amede Obiora
- Zouhoura Yesko Brahim
- Harkettes
- Mina Zerrouk
- Tara Nacanabo check adm
- Mame Fatou Niang check adm
- Aline Tacite check adm
- Fatima Sissani
- Naomi Nkealah
- Mary Modupe Kolawole
- Joëlle Sambi Nzeba Congolese lesbian activist now living in Brussels
- Happy Mwende Kinyili african feminist and lesbian activist from Mama Cash
- Halimata Fofana militante franco-sénégalaise [14] [15]
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- ^ Law Notes. E. Thompson Company. 1909-01-01.
- ^ Les Annales politiques et littéraires (in French). 1908.
- ^ Fémina (in French). 1906.
- ^ The Solicitors' Journal and Weekly Reporter. Alexander and Shepheard, printers. 1907.
- ^ a b c Kathleen E. Sheldon (2005). Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5331-7.
- ^ a b c d e f Emizet Francois Kisangani; Scott F. Bobb (2009). "Literature". Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scarecrow Press. pp. 311–312. ISBN 978-0-8108-6325-5.
- ^ "Me Rose Tumba Kaja, première femme bâtonnière en RDC". Radio Okapi (in French). 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
- ^ Elwood D. Dunn; Amos J. Beyan; Carl Patrick Burrowes (2000). Historical Dictionary of Liberia. Scarecrow Press. pp. 117–8. ISBN 978-1-4616-5931-0.
- ^ Angie E. Brooks (January 1968). "Political Participation of Women in Africa South of the Sahara". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 375: 82–85. JSTOR 1037892.
- ^ Elwood D. Dunn; Amos J. Beyan; Carl Patrick Burrowes (2000). "Massaquoi, Rachel E. T. Johnson". Historical Dictionary of Liberia. Scarecrow Press. p. 225. ISBN 978-1-4616-5931-0.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Lesourd, Céline (2016). "The Lipstick on the Edge of the Well: Mauritanian women and political power (1960-2014)". In Fatima Sadiqi (ed.). Women’s Movements in Post-“Arab Spring” North Africa. Springer. pp. 83–4. ISBN 978-1-137-50675-7.
- ^ Ely Salem Khyar, Deces de la premiere presidente de l'Union des femmes Mauritaniennes, adra-info, 2 November 2018.