Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti: Quick Facts


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Also Known As Funmilayo Anikulapo-Kuti • Frances Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas
Born October 25, 1900 • Abeokuta • Nigeria
Died Lagos • Nigeria
Notable Family Members son Fela Kuti
Role In women’s rights movement

Wole Soyinka, 2015
Wole Soyinka
Nigerian author
Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti
Nigerian musician and activist
Pauli Murray
Pauli Murray
American civil rights activist, lawyer, and writer
Waris Dirie
Waris Dirie
Somalian model, author, and activist
The real “Roe”
Norma McCorvey
American activist
Tawakkol Karman
Tawakkol Karman
Yemeni women’s rights activist
Barbara Harris
Barbara Harris
American bishop
Mary Church Terrell
Mary Eliza Church Terrell
American social activist
Height, Dorothy
Dorothy Height
American activist
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Mahadevi Varma
Indian writer and activist
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Ken Saro-Wiwa
Nigerian author and activist
King Sunny Ade
King Sunny Ade
Nigerian musician
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D.O. Fagunwa
Nigerian author
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Barbara Johns
American civil rights activist
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Jack Patten
Australian Aboriginal leader
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Theodore Bikel
Austrian-born actor. singer, and political activist
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David Dellinger
American peace activist
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Mildred Loving
American civil rights activist
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Sarah Grimké
American abolitionist
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Clyde Bellecourt
Ojibwe activist