Google changed its logo into a Doodle in honour of Late Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, a teacher, women’s rights activist, political campaigner, and aristocrat, who would have turned 119 today.
Women’s rights activist & teacher, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti has being described as the doyenne of female rights in Nigeria, as well as to her being regarded as “The Mother of Africa.”
She was also the first female Nigerian to drive a car.
In 1978 Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti was thrown from a third-floor window in her son Fela’s compound, a commune known as the Kalakuta Republic, when it was stormed by one thousand armed military personnel.
She died on the 13th of April 1978 after being in a coma for about eight weeks as a result of her injuries.
Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google’s homepages to mark important festivals, holidays, events, achievements, and notable historical figures.
Ransome-Kuti’s doodle was illustrated by Nigerian-Italian artist, Diana Ejaita, which portrays a strong leader who pioneered one of the most formidable social movements of the twentieth century.
Ransome-Kuti, who was born on the 25th of October, 1900, in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun state, is one of the most prominent figures in Nigerian history who paved the way for women in the country to have better lives.
She is the mother of the Nigerian activists Fela Anikulapo Kuti, a musician and Afrobeat pioneer; Beko Ransome-Kuti, a doctor; and Professor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, a doctor and health minister. She’s also grandmother to musicians Seun Kuti and Femi Kuti.
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