Tag: Anti-Colonialism
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Dame Doris Johnson: They Wouldn’t Let Her Speak in Parliament, So She Moved Parliament
Dame Doris Johnson (1921-1983) was a pioneering Bahamian educator and suffragist who fought for women’s rights and political power in the Bahamas. She orchestrated a pivotal speech in 1959 by relocating Parliament, ultimately leading to women’s suffrage. Despite her significant contributions, it took until 2023 for her to be named a National Hero.
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The Most Dangerous Thing You Can Hand a Woman Is a Pen
Bad-Ass Women in History — Tsitsi Dangraemba, c. 1959 – Present Writer • Filmmaker • Truth-Teller She wrote the wounds colonialism wanted buried. Tsitsi Dangarembga gave Zimbabwean women a voice the world could not ignore. Her books exposed race, gender, power, and survival with surgical precision. Then she kept speaking, even when silence would have…