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Pioneer African Women in Law

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Mokgadi Lucy Mailula

The first woman to be nominated for a permanent Justice appointment at the Supreme Court of Appeal

South Africa

Florence Arrey

First Woman Judge, Court of Appeal (Cameroon)

CAMEROON

Maimouna Kane Toure

Justice of the Supreme Court

SENEGAL

Yolande Tano, Ph.D.

First Woman to Receive a Doctorate in Private Law

CÔTE D'IVOIRE

Amina Augie

Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria

NIGERIA

Georgina Theodora Wood

First woman Chief Justice (Ghana)

GHANA

Aloysie Cyanzayire

First Woman Chief Justice (Rwanda)

RWANDA

Frances Claudia Wright

First Sierra Leonean woman to be called to the bar and the first woman to practice law in her country

SIERRA LEONE

Solomy Balungi Bossa

Judge, International Criminal Court (Uganda)

UGANDA

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