User:Islahaddow/100WikiDays African Women Challenge

100wikidays Challenge

1. Sindiwe Magona
2. Louise Angless
3. Beattie Hofmeyer
4. Gertrude Fester
5. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
6. Leymah Gbowee
7. Tawakkul Karman
8. Waris Dirie
9. Kahena: a Berber queen, religious and military leader.
10. Tin Hinan: Tuareg Queen of the Hoggar
11. Lalla Fatma N'Soumer: was an important figure of the Algerian resistance movement
12. Yamina Mechakra: Algerian writer
13. Houria Aïchi: Algerian Berber singer of chaoui music.
14. Ziza Massika: Women fron the Algerian revolution
15. Assia Djebar: an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker.
16. Soraya Haddad: is an Algerian judoka.
17. Hassiba Boulmerka: is a former Algerian middle distance athlete.
18. Meg Coates Palgrave is the author the best tree book ever written in the history of humanity
19. Elsie Owusu of Ghana is the architect who designed the beautiful modern extension of the Green Park tube station
20. Fundza
21. Naseemah Mohamed Ogunnaike co founder of Writivism Cace and educator
22. Colleen Higgs
23. Esther Madudu a rural Ugandan midwife, inspirational, as there's a campaign to nominate her for the 2015 Nobel peace prize.
24. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka Director General of UN Women
25. Heide Hackmann Executive Director of the International Council for Science
26. Alice Nkom Cameroonian lawyer and gay rights campaigner
27. Efua Dorkenoo MBE, campaigner against female genital mutilation
28. Malouma of Mauritaniapolitical singer,
29. Gerardine Mukeshimana, Minister of Agriculture in Rwanda
30. Mariama Hima, Niger
31. Safi Faye, Senegal
32. Edwina Spicer, Zimbabwe
33. Dr Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Zimbabwe
34. Ellah Wakatama Allfrey OBE, Zimbabwe
35. Dr Maty Ba Dia
36. Doreen Sibanda National Gallery of Zimbabwe
37. Hannah Cudjoe or “Convention Hannah” mobilized a mammoth gathering of Ghanaians from all walks of life. She then led them to petition the colonial masters for the release of the “Big Six”. Hannah is credited as the founder of the All African Women’s league in 1960. http://www.threesixtygh.com/people/the-forgotten-sheroes-of-ghanas-independence/
38. Mabel Dove Danquah the first female member of the legislative Assembly in 1954 in Gold Coast.
39. Ama Nkrumah is our next s’hero’ and a strong pillar when it comes to matters of Ghana’s independence struggle. Ama is no way related to Osagyefo Doctor Kwame Nkrumah, in fact, her real name is unknown but she adopted this name during the colonial era.
40. Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem Queen of Ashanti Kingdom and mother of Ashanti King
41. Mary Grant Dr a pioneer medical doctor and politician
42. Sylvia Boys Dr Mrs first female Registrar of the West African Examination Council
43. Mary Chinery Hesse first female director of ILO and United Nations
44. Peace Ayisi Otchere first female director of the African Development Bank
45. Lella Manoubia - is a Tunisian holy woman
46. Aziza Othmana - Tunisian Princess
47. Tawhida Ben Cheikh - the first woman in North Africa to become a physician.
48. Hanaa Ben Abdesslem - Tunisian model.
49. Nadia Khiari - a Tunisian painter.
50. Baya - Algerian painter
51. Ahlam Mosteghanemi - Algerian writer
52. Khadija Benguenna - Algerian journalist.
53. Mériem Bouatoura -
54. Majida Khattari - Moroccan designers
55. Touria Chaoui - the first Moroccan woman to have been a pilot.
56. Bako Dagnon - Malian griot singer
57. Aoua Kéita - Malian independence activist
58. Aminata Dramane Traoré - Malian author, politician, and political activist.
59. Helena of Egypt - Egyptian painter
60. Samia Gamal - Egyptian belly dancer and film actress.
61. Israa Abdel Fattah - Egyptian internet activist and blogger.
62. Farida of Egypt - queen of Egypt
63. Narriman Sadek - queen of Egypt
64. Out-el-Kouloub - Egyptian woman of letters.
65. Ana Clara Guerra Marques - Angolan professional dancer.
66. Ana Paula Ribeiro Tavares - Angolan poetess.
67. Maria Mambo Café - Angolan politician.
68. Whitney Shikongo - Angolan model.
69. Sophie Oboshie Doku Ghanian independence struggle activist
70. Sussana Al-Hassan Ghanian independence struggle activist.
71. Michaela DePrince She is a Sierra Leonean-American ballet dancer. With her adoptive mother, Elaine DePrince, Michaela authored the book Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina. http://exposure.org.uk/2015/04/michaela-deprince-surviving-war-torn-sierra-leone/
72. Helen Lieros
73. Malika Belmehdi El Fassi
74. Isatou Touray the first female candidate for President, Gambia