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A Woman to Know: Margaret Ekpo

A Woman to Know: Margaret Ekpo

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Feb 17, 2017
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That's why Margaret Ekpo has been in the news for nearly 60 years. — Kammonke Abam

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In the midst of Nigeria's fight for independence, Margaret Ekpo began to mobilize her own movement: for women's rights. She believed that women had a more important role to play in the newly-created First Republic, to exist as more than just c…

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