Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti

Politician

1900 – 1978

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Who was Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti?

Funmilayo Ransome Kuti, born Francis Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas to Daniel Olumeyuwa Thomas and Lucretia Phyllis Omoyeni Adeosolu, was a teacher, political campaigner, women's rights activist and traditional aristocrat. She served with distinction as one of the most prominent leaders of her generation.

Ransome-Kuti's political activism led to her being described as the doyen of female rights in Nigeria, as well as to her being regarded as "The Mother of Africa." Early on, she was a very powerful force advocating for the Nigerian woman's right to vote. She was described in 1947, by the West African Pilot as the "Lioness of Lisabi" for her leadership of the women of the Egba clan that she belonged to on a campaign against their arbitrary taxation. That struggle led to the abdication of the Egba high king Oba Ademola II in 1949.

Kuti was the mother of the activists Fela Anikulapo Kuti, a musician, Beko Ransome-Kuti, a doctor, and Professor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, a doctor and a former health minister of Nigeria.

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Born
Oct 25, 1900
Abeokuta
Also known as
  • Funmilayo Ransome Kuti
Nationality
  • Nigeria
Lived in
  • Abeokuta
Died
Apr 13, 1978
Lagos

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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