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Pioneer African Women in Law

This is a dynamic digital archive. The information contained in these bibliographic entries has been reviewed for accuracy with available data and information. The entries will be updated if new information or additional historical facts become available to the authors and editors. To keep the archive robust and accurate, we welcome additional sources of information which can be emailed to us at info@africanwil.org

Olufolake (Folake) Solanke, SAN

First Woman Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN)

NIGERIA

Florence Ndepele Mumba

First Woman High Court Judge (Zambia)

ZAMBIA

Dr. Myma Belo-Osagie

Partner Emerita (Of Counsel) at Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie (UUBO)

GHANA

Chief Justice Martha Koome

First woman Chief Justice (Kenya)

KENYA

Dr. Thulisile Nomkhosi Madonsela

Former Public Protector and Professor of Law

SOUTH AFRICA

Ligia Dias Fonseca

First President of the Cabo Verdean Bar Association

CAPE VERDE

Joyce Adeline Bamford-Addo

First woman Supreme Court Judge (Ghana)

GHANA

Justice Gertrude Torkornoo

Supreme Court judge and the supervising judge of the Commercial Courts

Ghana

Meaza Ashenafi

First Woman Chief Justice (Ethiopia)

ETHIOPIA

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