Ellen Kuzwayo | |
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Born | Nnoseng Ellen Kate Serasengwe 29 June 1914 |
Died | 19 April 2006 Johannesburg, South Africa | (aged 91)
Nationality | South African |
Occupation(s) | Women's rights activist and politician, teacher |
Notable work | Call Me Woman (1985) |
Awards | CNA Award |
Nnoseng Ellen Kate Kuzwayo (29 June 1914 – 19 April 2006) was a South African women's rights activist and politician, who was a teacher from 1938 to 1952. She was president of the African National Congress Youth League in the 1960s. In 1994, she was elected to the first post-apartheid South African Parliament. Her autobiography, Call Me Woman (1985), won the CNA Literary Award.