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Alakija was born into a middle class home [5] on 15 July 1951. Her father, Chief L.A. Ogbara, had 8 wives and 52 children, [6] and Folorunso's mother was his first. [7] She is from the Yoruba ethnicity of south-western Nigeria. [8]
Chief Kofoworola Abeni Pratt Hon. FRCN (née Scott, 1915 – 18 June 1992) was a Nigerian nurse who was one of the first notable black nurses to work in Britain's National Health Service. [2] She subsequently became vice-president of the International Council of Nurses and the first black Chief Nursing Officer of Nigeria, working in the Federal ...
Black women have higher rates of HIV than white and Hispanic women. [54] Black women have the highest risk for genital herpes. [55] Black women also have higher rates of chlamydia than white women. [56] Trichomoniasis is more common among African American women. [57] Black women are more likely to die from cervical cancer. [58]
Oloori Kofoworola "Kofo" Aina Ademola, Lady Ademola MBE, MFR, OFR (née Moore; 21 May 1913 – 15 May 2002) was a Nigerian educationist [2] who was the president of the National Council of Women's Societies in Nigeria and was the head of the women's organization from 1958 to 1964. [3]
Toyin Ojih Odutola (born 1985), Nigerian-born American known for her multimedia drawings and works on paper Temitayo Ogunbiyi (born 1984), contemporary artist and curator Suzanna Ogunjami , painter, printmaker, jewelry designer; first African woman to have a solo exhibit in a commercial gallery in the United States
Black women, particularly those who live in the U.S., have to contend with both the gender wealth gap and racial wealth gap. ... Nigerian businesswoman Hajia Bola Shagaya is the founder and CEO of ...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (/ ˌ tʃ ɪ m ə ˈ m ɑː n d ə ə ŋ ˈ ɡ oʊ z i ə ˈ d iː tʃ i. eɪ / ⓘ [a]; born 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian author and activist. Regarded as a central figure in postcolonial feminist literature, she is the author of the novels Purple Hibiscus (2003), Half of a Yellow Sun (2006) and Americanah (2013).
Chioma Ajunwa-Opara (born 25 December 1970) – also known as Chioma Ajunwa – is a Nigerian former track and field athlete and football player, notable for being the first Nigerian to win Olympic gold at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, [1] [2] and the first black African woman to win an Olympic gold medal in a field event. [3]