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Nonetheless, women in Nigeria have been able to come together in feminist movements, such as the Women in Nigeria (organization) (WIN) founded in 1982, to combat male supremacy in Nigeria and shape feminism as a force for Nigerian women. [84] Nigerian women did not gain their voting rights until relatively recently.
Toyin Ojih Odutola (born 1985), Nigerian-born American known for her multimedia drawings and works on paper Temitayo Ogunbiyi (born 1984), contemporary artist and curator Suzanna Ogunjami , painter, printmaker, jewelry designer; first African woman to have a solo exhibit in a commercial gallery in the United States
Ekei Essien Oku – first Nigerian woman chief librarian; Gbenga Sesan – Nigeria's first Information Technology Youth Ambassador; Bamidele Solomon – Chemical engineer prominent in Nigeria's biotechnology industry; Rhoda Gumus-Professor of Chemical Engineering and National Electoral Commissioner of INEC
P. A. Ogundipe (1927–2020), educator and first Nigerian woman to be published in English; Chioma Okereke, Nigerian-born poet, author and short story writer; Julie Okoh (born 1947), playwright, feminist, educator; Nnedi Okorafor (born 1974), science fiction and fantasy writer, Nigerian-American Nnedi Okorafor
also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: Nigerian This category exists only as a container for other categories of Nigerian women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.
Chioma Ajunwa-Opara (born 25 December 1970) – also known as Chioma Ajunwa – is a Nigerian former track and field athlete and football player, notable for being the first Nigerian to win Olympic gold at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, [1] [2] and the first black African woman to win an Olympic gold medal in a field event. [3]
When she returned to Nigeria, she connected with the local Lagos Nigerian Girl Guides Association, which was founded by an English woman. Abayomi joined the group and was the first Nigerian woman to serve as a supervisor. She also became active in the education of women and girls in Nigeria, which was not equal to that of men and boys.
Ladi Kwali or Ladi Dosei Kwali, OON NNOM, MBE (c. 1925 – 12 August 1984) [1] was a Nigerian potter, ceramicist and educator. [2]Ladi Kwali was born in the village of Kwali in the Gwari region of Northern Nigeria, where pottery was an indigenous occupation among women. [3]