Kathleen Mary Easmon Simango

Kathleen Mary Easmon Simango
A young, smiling African woman, standing outdoors, wearing a white dress with wide sleeves, a pointed hat low across her brow, and holding a bouquet of flowers.
Kathleen Mary Easmon Simango in her wedding gown, from a 1922 publication.
Born
Kathleen Mary Easmon

9 August 1891
Accra, Gold Coast
Died20 July 1924(1924-07-20) (aged 32)
London, England
Occupation(s)Artist and missionary
SpouseColumbus Kamba Simango
Parent(s)John Farrell Easmon and Annette Kathleen Easmon, née Smith

Kathleen Mary Easmon Simango (9 August 1891 – 20 July 1924) was a Sierra Leonean missionary and artist who was the first West African to earn a diploma from the Royal College of Art. She was the niece of Adelaide Casely-Hayford and was a personal friend of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Simango was also a member of the prominent Sierra Leone Creole Easmon family.