ABOVE: 2006- President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia, 2004- Prime Minister Luísa Días Diogo, Moçambique, 2006- 2. Vice-President Marina Barampama, Burundi, 2004- Vice-President Joyce Mujuru, Zimbabwe 1870s Regent Princess Mnkabayi of the Zulu Kingdom (South Africa) BELOW: 2007- Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Zainab Hawa Bangura, Sierra Leone, 2005-06 Minister of Foreign Affairs Sidibé Fatoumata Kaba, Guinea 2001- Temporary Regent HM Queen Karabo Mohato Bereng Seeiso of Lesotho 2004- Chieftainess Nana Ekua Bri II of Apraponso (Ghana) 2005-06 2. Vice-President Alice Nzomukunda, Burundi 2005- Prime Minister Maria do Carmo Silveira, São Tomé e Princípe
Powerful, Influential and Prominent African Women Leaders since 1623
By Fatoumata Fofana
Published: 26 March, 2008
Today, the Daily Observer's Women and Family Desk will like to take you down the path of history again by giving you the opportunity to know and be enlightened about pivotal roles played by some great and influential African women across the continent including our own 'Iron Lady', President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.
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