"She can toss an audience on her little finger, get men grunting with shame and a feeling of smallness;Ezekiel Mphahlele"
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Lillian Ngoyi
Lilian Masediba Matabane Ngoyi, "Ma Ngoyi", OMSG (25 September 1911 – 13 March 1980) was a South African anti-apartheid activist.She was the first woman elected to the executive committee of the African National Congress, and helped launch the Federation of South African Women.
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