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== Life ==
== Life ==
Yesufu was born in [[Kano State]] to Edo parents and raised in Kano. She experienced the difficulty of being a girl-child in a heavily patriarchal environment.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Aisha Yesufu: The Voice Of Humanity (2019)|url=https://m.guardian.ng/life/aisha-yesufu-the-voice-of-humanity/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=October 12, 2020|website=Guardian NG}}</ref> In her words, “By the time I was 11 years old, I did not have any female friends because all of them had been married off but I wanted to be educated and leave the ghetto."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-05|title=Full biography of Nigerian political activist, Aisha Yesufu|url=https://dnbstories.com/2020/09/full-biography-of-nigerian-political-activist-aisha-yesufu.html|access-date=2020-10-11|website=DNB Stories|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Stanford|first=Igbo|title=Aisha Yesufu Biography, Age, Early Life, Family, Education, Career And Net Worth|url=https://www.infoguideafrica.com/2020/10/aisha-yesufu-biography-age-early-life.html|access-date=2020-10-12|website=Information Guide Africa}}</ref> According to Aisha Yesufu: "Most of my mates were almost grandmothers when I married at 24."<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Most of my mates were almost grandmothers when I married at 24 – Aisha Yesufu|url=https://punchng.com/most-of-my-mates-were-almost-grandmothers-when-i-married-at-24-aisha-yesufu/?amp=1|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=October 12, 2020|website=PunchNG}}</ref>
'''[https://arealnews.com/aisha-yesufu/ Aisha Yesufu]''' was born in [[Kano State]] to Edo parents and raised in Kano. She experienced the difficulty of being a girl-child in a heavily patriarchal environment.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Aisha Yesufu: The Voice Of Humanity (2019)|url=https://m.guardian.ng/life/aisha-yesufu-the-voice-of-humanity/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=October 12, 2020|website=Guardian NG}}</ref> In her words, “By the time I was 11 years old, I did not have any female friends because all of them had been married off but I wanted to be educated and leave the ghetto."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-05|title=Full biography of Nigerian political activist, Aisha Yesufu|url=https://dnbstories.com/2020/09/full-biography-of-nigerian-political-activist-aisha-yesufu.html|access-date=2020-10-11|website=DNB Stories|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Stanford|first=Igbo|title=Aisha Yesufu Biography, Age, Early Life, Family, Education, Career And Net Worth|url=https://www.infoguideafrica.com/2020/10/aisha-yesufu-biography-age-early-life.html|access-date=2020-10-12|website=Information Guide Africa}}</ref> According to Aisha Yesufu: "Most of my mates were almost grandmothers when I married at 24."<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Most of my mates were almost grandmothers when I married at 24 – Aisha Yesufu|url=https://punchng.com/most-of-my-mates-were-almost-grandmothers-when-i-married-at-24-aisha-yesufu/?amp=1|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=October 12, 2020|website=PunchNG}}</ref>


Yesufu was among the women protestors at Nigeria's National Assembly, in the nation's capital, Abuja, on 30 April 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-11|title=Aisha Yesufu, the hijab-wearing revolutionary|url=https://www.thecable.ng/aisha-yesufu-the-hijab-wearing-revolutionary|access-date=2020-10-11|website=TheCable|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=AISHA YESUFU BIOGRAPHY, AGE, EARLY LIFE, FAMILY, EDUCATION, CAREER AND NET WORTH|url=https://www.infoguideafrica.com/2020/10/aisha-yesufu-biography-age-early-life.html?m=1|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=October 12, 2020|website=InfoGuideAfrica}}</ref>
Yesufu was among the women protestors at Nigeria's National Assembly, in the nation's capital, Abuja, on 30 April 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-11|title=Aisha Yesufu, the hijab-wearing revolutionary|url=https://www.thecable.ng/aisha-yesufu-the-hijab-wearing-revolutionary|access-date=2020-10-11|website=TheCable|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=AISHA YESUFU BIOGRAPHY, AGE, EARLY LIFE, FAMILY, EDUCATION, CAREER AND NET WORTH|url=https://www.infoguideafrica.com/2020/10/aisha-yesufu-biography-age-early-life.html?m=1|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=October 12, 2020|website=InfoGuideAfrica}}</ref>


Yesufu has also been at the forefront of the [[End SARS]] movement, which draws attention to the excesses of a controversial police unit in the [[Nigeria Police Force]], called the [[Special Anti-Robbery Squad]] (SARS). Yesufu has said she "would not leave the fight against End SARS protest in Nigeria for her children."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Silas|first=Don|date=2020-10-09|title=End SARS: 'I’m ready to sacrifice my life for my children to live' – Aisha Yesufu|url=https://dailypost.ng/2020/10/09/end-sars-im-ready-to-sacrifice-my-life-for-my-children-to-live-aisha-yesufu/|access-date=2020-10-11|website=Daily Post Nigeria|language=en-US}}</ef>{{Cite web|last=Yesufu|first=Aisha|date=January 11, 2021|title=.|url=https://twitter.com/AishaYesufu/status/1348582486943657989?s=20|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>
Yesufu has also been at the forefront of the [[End SARS]] movement, which draws attention to the excesses of a controversial police unit in the [[Nigeria Police Force]], called the [[Special Anti-Robbery Squad]] (SARS). Yesufu has said she "would not leave the fight against End SARS protest in Nigeria for her children."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Silas|first=Don|date=2020-10-09|title=End SARS: 'I’m ready to sacrifice my life for my children to live' – Aisha Yesufu|url=https://dailypost.ng/2020/10/09/end-sars-im-ready-to-sacrifice-my-life-for-my-children-to-live-aisha-yesufu/|access-date=2020-10-11|website=Daily Post Nigeria|language=en-US}}</ef>{{Cite web|last=Yesufu|first=Aisha|date=January 11, 2021|title=.|url=https://twitter.com/AishaYesufu/status/1348582486943657989?s=20|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>



==Award==
==Award==

Revision as of 11:32, 3 February 2021

Aisha Yesufu
Born
Aisha Yesufu

(1974-12-12) December 12, 1974 (age 49)
Kano State
NationalityNigerian
Alma materBayero University Kano
Occupation(s)Socio-political activist, microbiologist, businesswoman
Known forBring Back Our Girls, End SARS
Children2

Aisha Yesufu (born 12 December 1974) is a Nigerian socio-political activist, and co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls Movement, an advocacy group that brings attention to the abduction of over 200 girls, from a secondary school in Chibok, Nigeria, on 14 April 2014, by the terrorist group Boko Haram.[1]

Life

Aisha Yesufu was born in Kano State to Edo parents and raised in Kano. She experienced the difficulty of being a girl-child in a heavily patriarchal environment.[2] In her words, “By the time I was 11 years old, I did not have any female friends because all of them had been married off but I wanted to be educated and leave the ghetto."[3][4] According to Aisha Yesufu: "Most of my mates were almost grandmothers when I married at 24."[5]

Yesufu was among the women protestors at Nigeria's National Assembly, in the nation's capital, Abuja, on 30 April 2014.[6][7]

Yesufu has also been at the forefront of the End SARS movement, which draws attention to the excesses of a controversial police unit in the Nigeria Police Force, called the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Yesufu has said she "would not leave the fight against End SARS protest in Nigeria for her children."[8]

Award

Yesufu was on the list of the BBC's 100 Women announced on 23 November 2020.[9]

Yesufu was cited as one of the Top 100 most influential Africans by New African magazine in 2020.[10]

Personal life

Yesufu and her husband, Aliu, whom she married in 1996,[11] have two children together, Amir and Aliyah who are both in the United Kingdom.

References

  1. ^ "Aisha Yesufu Biography [Age, Net Worth, Activism, Wiki & More]". TheCityCeleb. 2020-10-12. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  2. ^ "Aisha Yesufu: The Voice Of Humanity (2019)". Guardian NG. Retrieved October 12, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Full biography of Nigerian political activist, Aisha Yesufu". DNB Stories. 2020-09-05. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  4. ^ Stanford, Igbo. "Aisha Yesufu Biography, Age, Early Life, Family, Education, Career And Net Worth". Information Guide Africa. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  5. ^ "Most of my mates were almost grandmothers when I married at 24 – Aisha Yesufu". PunchNG. Retrieved October 12, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Aisha Yesufu, the hijab-wearing revolutionary". TheCable. 2020-10-11. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  7. ^ "AISHA YESUFU BIOGRAPHY, AGE, EARLY LIFE, FAMILY, EDUCATION, CAREER AND NET WORTH". InfoGuideAfrica. Retrieved October 12, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Silas, Don (2020-10-09). "End SARS: 'I'm ready to sacrifice my life for my children to live' – Aisha Yesufu". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 2020-10-11.</ef>Yesufu, Aisha (January 11, 2021). https://twitter.com/AishaYesufu/status/1348582486943657989?s=20. {{cite web}}: |url= missing title (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "BBC 100 Women 2020: Who is on the list this year?". BBC News. 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  10. ^ "Masiyiwa, Musk Included In New African Magazine's 100 Most Influential Africans 2020". 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  11. ^ Scientist, The Blogger (2020-10-12). "Aisha Yesufu Biography, Education, Wikipedia, Real Age, Net Worth, Contact". Top Leaks and Review Blog. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
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