Tag: first woman to drive in Nigeria


  • Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti was a Nationalist and activist, born in 1900 to a returned Yoruba slave in Sierra Leone who traced his way back to Abeokuta. In May 1919, Funmilayo was sponsored by the Church Missionary Society to school in England. She studied domestic sciences, education, French and music at Wincham Hall College. She returned to…

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