User:GerardM/OkayAfrica 100 women - 2017

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Article	Gender	Occupation	Place of birth	Residence	Image
Agang Ditlhogo	female
Aida Muluneh	female	photographer	Addis Ababa
Almaz Ayana	female	long-distance runner athletics competitor	Benishangul-Gumuz Region
Amaka Osakwe	female	fashion designer		Lagos
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim	female	politician chemist	Mauritius
Amma Asante	female	actor film director screenwriter	London Borough of Lambeth
Ammara Brown	female
Asma Khalifa	female	activist peace activist	Zuwara
Ayọ Tometi	female	activist	Phoenix	Brooklyn
Aïda Touré	female	painter poet writer
Aïssa Maïga	female	actor comedian film producer film actor	Dakar
Benny Bonsu	female
Bonang Matheba	female	actor broadcaster radio personality television presenter	Mahikeng
Bozoma Saint John	female	chief marketing officer	Middletown	Los Angeles
Caster Semenya	intersex woman	middle-distance runner	Ga-Masehlong Polokwane
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie	female	teacher poet novelist short story writer non-fiction writer journalist	Enugu	Anambra State
Clare Muhoro	female
Clarisse Iribagiza	female	computer scientist	Rwanda
Danai Gurira	female	actor playwright television actor stage actor film actor writer teacher screenwriter	Grinnell	Grinnell Harare Los Angeles
Ethel Delali Cofie	female	entrepreneur
Evelyn Ngugi	female
Faarrow
Fadumo Dayib	female	politician	Thika
Farida Bedwei	female	computer scientist software engineer	Lagos
Fatoumata Diawara	female	singer-songwriter actor guitarist	Ouragahio
Flaviana Matata	female	model beauty pageant contestant	Shinyanga
Francine Niyonsaba	intersex woman	middle-distance runner athletics competitor
Funmi Iyanda	female	talk show host journalist	Lagos
Grace Mahary	female	model	Edmonton
Hanta Tiana Ranaivo Rajaonarisoa	female	chief executive officer entrepreneur
Hedaya Malak	female	taekwondo athlete	Azusa
Ilhan Omar	female	politician political staffer civil servant activist policy advisor	Mogadishu	Minneapolis
Ilwad Elman	female	human rights activist	Mogadishu
Iman	female	actor model entrepreneur autobiographer film actor television actor	Mogadishu	Manhattan
Imbolo Mbue	female	writer	Limbe United States of America
Issa Rae	female	film actor screenwriter YouTuber showrunner television producer film director television actor	Los Angeles
Jackie Aina	female	entrepreneur YouTuber make-up artist television producer
Jemima Sumgong	female	marathon runner	Nandi County
Jessica O. Matthews	female	inventor venture capitalist	Poughkeepsie
Jojo Abot	female	musician
Juliana Rotich	female	social entrepreneur	Kenya
Kahindo Mateene	female	fashion designer	Uganda	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Karen Attiah	female	journalist writer	DeSoto
Kemi Adetiba	female	music video director film director filmmaker brand ambassador television director cinematography	Lagos
Lina Gadi	female
Lina Iris Viktor	female	painter
Louise Umutoni	female
Loza Maléombho	female	personal stylist taekwondo athlete fashion designer	Brazil
Lupita Nyong'o	female	film actor	Mexico City	Brooklyn Nairobi
Luvvie Ajayi	female	essayist blogger orator digital strategist	Nigeria
Makho Ndlovu	female
Mari Malek	female	model actor militant disc jockey	Wau	New York City
Maria Borges	female	model	Luanda
Mariéme Jamme	female	businessperson	Dakar
Marwa Amri	female	amateur wrestler	Tunis
Michaela Coel	female	actor screenwriter playwright writer film actor showrunner	Aldgate	East London
Michaela DePrince	female	ballet dancer autobiographer	Sierra Leone
Mosunmola Abudu	female	businessperson philanthropist media proprietor screenwriter	London	Lagos
Muthoni Ndonga	female
Nadia Rose	female	rapper	Croydon
Nnedi Okorafor	female	novelist writer science fiction writer children's writer educator comics writer	Cincinnati
Nunu Ntshingila-Njeke	female
Okwiri Oduor	female	writer	Nairobi
Patricia Nzolantima	female
Philomena Kwao	female
Phiona Mutesi	female	chess player	Kampala
Rapelang Rabana	female	computer scientist chief digital officer	Gaborone
Rokhaya Diallo	female	journalist opinion journalist essayist activist podcaster documentary filmmaker screenwriter	4th arrondissement of Paris
Ruth Negga	female	actor stage actor	Addis Ababa
Sarah Waiswa	female	photographer	Uganda	Nairobi
Saran Kaba Jones	female	philanthropist advocate social entrepreneur	Monrovia	Boston
Seko Shamte	female	film director
Seun Adigun	female	athletics competitor bobsledder	Chicago
Somi	female	singer jazz musician musician	Champaign
Sona Jobarteh	female	musician singer	London
Tebello Nyokong	female	chemist	Lesotho
Terry Pheto	female	actor film actor	Evaton
Toke Makinwa	female	radio personality television presenter writer television producer actor	Lagos
Tony Gum	female	painter photographer	Uitenhage
Touria El Glaoui	female	entrepreneur exhibition curator art dealer	Casablanca
Toyin Ojih Odutola	female	drawer	Ile Ife	New York City
Umra Omar	female	humanitarian consultant	Mombasa
Unity Dow	female	writer judge lawyer politician novelist	Mochudi
Vanessa Mdee	female	television presenter musician singer	Arusha
Velma Makhandia	female			Nairobi
Vivian Cheruiyot	female	long-distance runner athletics competitor	Keiyo District
Wangechi Mutu	female	painter visual artist sculptor drawer collagist installation artist	Nairobi	Nairobi Kenya New York City
Warsan Shire	female	poet writer	Kenya
Wayetu Moore	female
Yagazie Emezi	female	photographer		Lagos
Yasmin Belo-Osagie	female	entrepreneur	Boston
Yemi Alade	female	singer songwriter musician actor	Nigeria
Yousra Elbagir	female	journalist writer	Khartoum
Yvonne Orji	female	actor television actor comedian	Port Harcourt
Zanele Muholi	non-binary female	photographer social activist	Umlazi	Umlazi
Zeinebou Mint Taleb Moussa	female	activist traditional birth attendant doula
Zim Ugochukwu	female	entrepreneur
Émilie Béatrice Epaye	female	politician	Central African Republic

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