To be a good politician you must be wise like a snake, calm like a dove and kind like an angel. - Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti

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To be a good politician you must be wise like a snake, calm like a dove and kind like an angel.

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About Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti

(1900–1978) was born in Abeokuta, in present-day Ogun State, Nigeria. She was one of the first women to attend Abeokuta Grammar School in 1914, where she would go on to teach. In 1919 she left for Wincham Hall School for Girls, Cheshire, England, to pursue her studies.Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, MON (/ˌfʊnmiˈlaɪjoʊ ˈrænsəm ˈkuːti/); born Frances Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas; 25 October 1900 – 13 April 1978), also known as Funmilayo Anikulapo-Kuti, was a Nigerian educator, political campaigner, suffragist, and women's rights activist.

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Birth Name: Francis Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas
Native Name: Fumilayo
Alternative Names: Funmilayo Anikulapo-Kuti The Mother of Africa doyenne of female rights in Nigeria "Lioness of Lisab Frances Abigail Olufunmilayo Olufela Folorunso Thomas Funmilayo Aníkúlápó-Kuti Oloye of the Yoruba people
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