Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti

Nigerian activist (1900–1978)

Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (born Frances Abigail Olufunmilayo Olufela Folorunso Thomas; 25 October 1900 – 13 April 1978), also known as Funmilayo Aníkúlápó-Kuti, was a Nigerian educator, political organizer, and women's rights advocate who intellectually engaged with anti-imperialist, Pan-Africanist, and feminist ideologies. Ransome-Kuti also identified herself as an African Socialist. Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti was born in Abeokuta, in Ogun State, and was the first female student to attend the Abeokuta Grammar School.

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