Funmilayo Anikulapo-Kuti: The Education Avatar
Funmi, originally named Frances Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas, was born in October 1900 to Chief Daniel Olumeyuwa Thomas, a descendant of a returned slave from Sierra Leone. She made history as the first female student admitted to Abeokuta Grammar School in 1914, paving the way for five other girls to join her that same year. After […]
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