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Also Known As Frances Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas • Funmilayo Anikulapo-Kuti
Born October 25, 1900 • Abeokuta • Nigeria
Died Lagos • Nigeria
Notable Family Members son Fela Kuti
Role In women’s rights movement
Kuti, Fela
Fela Kuti
Nigerian musician and activist
Waris Dirie
Waris Dirie
Somalian model, author, and activist
Norma McCorvey and Gloria Allred
Norma McCorvey
American activist
Tawakkol Karman
Tawakkol Karman
Yemeni women’s rights activist
Mary Church Terrell
Mary Eliza Church Terrell
American social activist
Mahadevi Varma
Indian writer and activist
Ken Saro-Wiwa
Nigerian author and activist
Wole Soyinka
Wole Soyinka
Nigerian author
King Sunny Ade
King Sunny Ade
Nigerian musician
D.O. Fagunwa
Nigerian author
Sarah Grimké
American abolitionist
Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
American clergyman
Theodore Bikel
Austrian-born actor. singer, and political activist
Mildred Loving
American civil rights activist
Jack Patten
Australian Aboriginal leader
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian leader
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
American religious leader and civil-rights activist
Moon Jae-In
Moon Jae-In
president of South Korea
Mateusz Morawiecki
Mateusz Morawiecki
prime minister of Poland
Viola Desmond
Viola Desmond
Canadian businesswoman and civil libertarian