Constance Cummings-John: Sierra Leone’s Leading Women’s Rights Activist
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A politician in both pre-and post-colonial Sierra Leone, Constance Cummings-John devoted her life to African women's rights campaigns. Cummings-John was born in 1918 into an elite Krio Horton family in the British colony of Freetown, Sierra Leone. The Krios were the descendants of freed slaves (Jamaicans, Barbadians, and Black Nova Scotians) who had settled in the area by the British in the 18th century. The British also offered them support to become anglophiles.
Constance Cummings-John: Sierra Leone’s Leading Women’s Rights Activist
Constance Cummings-John: Sierra Leone’s…
Constance Cummings-John: Sierra Leone’s Leading Women’s Rights Activist
A politician in both pre-and post-colonial Sierra Leone, Constance Cummings-John devoted her life to African women's rights campaigns. Cummings-John was born in 1918 into an elite Krio Horton family in the British colony of Freetown, Sierra Leone. The Krios were the descendants of freed slaves (Jamaicans, Barbadians, and Black Nova Scotians) who had settled in the area by the British in the 18th century. The British also offered them support to become anglophiles.