Mabel Dove Danquah

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Country: Ghana

Location: Gold Coast, Ghana

About

Mabel Dove Danquah (1905-1984) was a Gold Coast (now, Ghana) journalist, writer, political activist and politician. She was the first woman elected to an African Legislative Assembly.

Sources:

  1. Asiedu, Kwasi Gyamfi. Africa has forgotten the women leaders of its independence struggle. 16 March 2019. https://qz.com/africa/1574284/africas-women-have-been-forgotten-from-its-independence-history

  2. Nahana, Akosua Tuntum. Mabel Dove Danquah - The First Woman Elected In African Legislative Assembly. 14 February 2019. https://www.modernghana.com/news/915669/mabel-dove-danquah-the-first-woman-elected-in-african-legi.html

Written Works by Mabel Dove-Danquah:

  1. Dove-Danquah, Mabel, and Phebean Itayemi. The Torn Veil and Other Stories. London u.a: Evans, 1983. Print.

  2. Dove, Mabel, Stephanie Newell, and Audrey Gadzekpo. Selected Writings of a Pioneer West African Feminist. Nottingham: Trent Editions, 2004. Internet resource.

Other Sources:

  1. Busby, Margaret. Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient Egyptian to the Present. New York: Pantheon Books, 1992. Print.

  2. Bruner, Charlotte H. Unwinding Threads: Writing by Women in Africa. Oxford: Heinemann, 1994. Print.

  3. Newell, Stephanie, and Wendy Griswold. Writing African Women: Gender, Popular Culture and Literature in West Africa. , 2017. Print.

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