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The list Afro-Caribbean includes Connie Mark, Françoise Ega, June Beer, Nellie Robinson and Elsie Payne. The list consists of 42 members and 24 sublists.
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    Françoise Ega
    Overview: Françoise Ega (11 November 1920 – 8 March 1976) was an Afro-Martinican laborer, writer and social activist. She was most noted in her lifetime for her community leadership and advocacy for Caribbean ...
    Date of birth: 11 November 1920
    Date of death: 8 March 1976
    Age: 55 (age at death)
    Nationality: French
    Occupation: Activist
    Gender: Female
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    French women activists 46T
    20th-century French women writers 452T
    Caribbean people of African descent 45T
  • 2.
    Lolita Euson
    Overview: Lolita Euson (27 October 1914 – 13 August 1994) was a Dutch Antillean writer and poet. She was invested as a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau, and streets in both Sint Eustatisus and San Nicolaas ...
    Date of birth: 27 October 1914
    Date of death: 13 August 1994
    Age: 79 (age at death)
    Nationality: Aruban
    Occupation: Poet
    Gender: Female
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    Sint Eustatius emigrants to Aruba 1T
    Aruban women writers 3T
    Aruban poets 2T
  • 3.
    June Beer
    Overview: June Beer (1935-1986) was an Afro-Nicaraguan naïve artist, who gained national and international acclaim for her works depicting African and feminist themes. She was also the first woman poet of Nicaragua's ...
    Date of birth: 17 May 1935
    Date of death: 14 March 1986
    Age: 50 (age at death)
    Nationality: Nicaraguan
    Occupation: Poet
    Gender: Female
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    20th-century Nicaraguan women writers 8T
    Nicaraguan women poets 14T
    20th-century Nicaraguan poets 25T
  • 4.
    Connie Mark
    Overview: Constance Winifred Mark, MBE, BEM (née McDonald, previously Goodridge; 21 December 1923 – 3 June 2007) was a Jamaican-born community organiser and activist. She served as a medical secretary in the Au ...
    Date of birth: 21 December 1923
    Date of death: 3 June 2007
    Age: 83 (age at death)
    Nationality: Jamaican
    Occupation: Activist
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    Caribbean people of African descent 45T
    Jamaican emigrants to the United Kingdom 162T
    Auxiliary Territorial Service soldiers 22T
  • 5.
    Paulette Nardal
    Overview: Paulette Nardal (12 October 1896 – 16 February 1985) was a french writer from Martinique, journalist, and one of the drivers of the development of a black literary consciousness. She was one of the authors ...
    Date of birth: 12 October 1896
    Date of death: 16 February 1985
    Age: 88 (age at death)
    Nationality: French
    Occupation: Journalist
    Gender: Female
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    20th-century journalists 2,834T
    Martiniquais women writers 9T
    20th-century French women writers 452T
  • 6.
    Overview: Lucie Julia is the pen name of Huguette Daninthe (born 1927), a Guadeloupean writer, women's rights activist and social worker. Julia writes in both Creole and French and was the recipient of the L'Hibiscus ...
    Date of birth: 1927
    Age: 95
    Nationality: French
    Occupation: Activist
    Gender: Female
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    Ellen Dolly Peters
    Overview: Ellen Dolly Peters, BEM (18 November 1894 – 1995) was an Afro-Montserratian teacher and trade unionist. Outspoken in her activism for improved conditions for workers, she was instrumental in the rise of ...
    Date of birth: 18 November 1894
    Date of death: 1995
    Age: 100 (age at death)
    Nationality: British
    Occupation: Labor Leader
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    Overview: Jane Phillips-Gay, CCH (2 November 1913 – 21 February 1994) was an Afro-Guyanese trade unionist and an ordained minister. She was an advocate of women's rights, formed one of the first women's political ...
    Date of birth: 2 November 1913
    Date of death: 21 February 1994
    Age: 80 (age at death)
    Nationality: Guyanese
    Occupation: Activist
    Gender: Female
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  • 9.
    Overview: Karen de Souza (born 19 January 1958) is a Guyanese women and child's rights activist who has worked to advocate for victims, educate and provide support for victims of violence. Founder of the NGO Red ...
    Date of birth: 19 January 1958
    Age: 65
    Nationality: Guyanese
    Occupation: Activist
    Gender: Female
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    Guyanese women activists 5T
    Guyanese women's rights activists 5T
    British Guiana people 44T
  • 10.
    Nydia Ecury
    Overview: Nydia Ecury (2 February 1926 – 2 March 2012) was a celebrated Aruban-Dutch writer, translator and actress. She published five collections of poetry and translated plays of major European and American ...
    Date of birth: 2 February 1926
    Date of death: 2 March 2012
    Age: 86 (age at death)
    Nationality: Aruban
    Occupation: Educator
    Gender: Female
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    Aruban people of African descent 1T
    20th-century Dutch women writers 86T
    Recipients of the Gold Medal of the Order of Orange-Nassau 2T
  • 11.
    Overview: Lourdes Casal (April 5, 1938—February 1, 1981) was an important poet and activist for the Cuban community. She was internationally known for her contributions to psychology, writing, and Cuban politics ...
    Date of birth: 5 April 1938
    Date of death: 1 February 1981
    Age: 42 (age at death)
    Nationality: Cuban
    Occupation: Activist
    Gender: Female
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    20th-century Cuban women writers 37T
    Cuban women poets 42T
    20th-century Cuban poets 62T
  • 12.
    Nellie Robinson
    Overview: Dame Nellie Robinson, DC, MBE (7 December 1880 – 29 April 1972), was an Antiguan teacher and school founder who was a pioneer in education. She broke down colour and class barriers, believing that all ...
    Date of birth: 7 December 1880
    Date of death: 29 April 1972
    Age: 91 (age at death)
    Occupation: Activist
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    People from St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda 32T
    Afro-Caribbean history 14T
    Caribbean women 9T
  • 13.
    Overview: Patricia J. Adams (born 1952) is an Anguillan writer and former teacher. An annual award which bears her name is given each year by the Department of Education to the primary students in grades 3, 5, and ...
    Date of birth: 1952
    Age: 70
    Occupation: Educator
    Gender: Female
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    People from The Farrington 1T
    Anguillan women writers 1T
    Anguillan writers 2T
  • 14.
    Elsie Payne
    Overview: Dame Elsie Payne (1927–2004) DA was a teacher and following independence she became the first Barbadian-born principal of Queen's College in Bridgetown. She was the first woman knighted in Barbados for ...
    Date of birth: 14 May 1927
    Date of death: 25 August 2004
    Age: 77 (age at death)
    Occupation: Educator
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    Queen's College (Barbados) alumni 8T
    Caribbean people of African descent 45T
    Women educators 253T
  • 15.
    Patricia Bishop
    Overview: Patricia Alison "Pat" Bishop TC (6 May 1940 – 20 August 2011) was a Trinidadian educator, music director, artist and cultural icon. She was one of the first women to arrange for steelbands and was the ...
    Date of birth: 6 May 1940
    Date of death: 20 August 2011
    Age: 71 (age at death)
    Occupation: Educator
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    Cultural icon 4T
    Trinidad and Tobago women artists 12T
    Recipients of the Hummingbird Medal 30T
  • 16.
    Gertrude Protain
    Overview: Gertrude Protain (8 July 1914 – 14 May 2005) was a Vincentian/Grenadian educator, politician, and tourism expert, as well as one of the influential feminists working in the Caribbean in her era. She was ...
    Date of birth: 8 July 1914
    Date of death: 14 May 2005
    Age: 90 (age at death)
    Occupation: Activist
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    People from Saint Andrew Parish, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7T
    Tourism in Grenada 2T
    Caribbean people of African descent 45T
  • 17.
    Overview: Marie-Magdeleine Carbet, the nom de plume of Anna Marie-Magdeleine (25 August 1902 – 10 January 1996), was an Afro-Martiniquais writer and educator. She and her lesbian partner co-wrote poems, stories ...
    Date of birth: 25 August 1902
    Date of death: 10 January 1996
    Age: 93 (age at death)
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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  • 18.
    Overview: Adalbert Alexander Tucker (1944–2014) was a Belizean diplomat and politician. He was the Ambassador for Foreign Trade in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 2008. He is best known for his co ...
    Date of birth: 1944
    Date of death: 2014
    Age: 69 (age at death)
    Nationality: Belizean
    Occupation: Activist
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  • 19.
    Eulalia Bernard
    Overview: Maunrice Eulalee Bernard Little (7 July 1935- 11 July 2021), known as Eulalia Bernard, was a Costa Rican writer, poet, activist, politician, diplomat, and educator. She is considered in her country as ...
    Date of birth: 7 July 1935
    Date of death: 11 July 2021
    Age: 86 (age at death)
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    Costa Rican people of African descent 3T
    2021 deaths 12,147T
    Costa Rican women poets 10T
  • 20.
    Afro-Cuban
    Overview: Afro-Cubans are Cubans who are of Black African ancestry, mostly West African. The term Afro-Cuban can also refer to historical or cultural elements in Cuba thought to emanate from this community and the ...
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    Afro-Cuban 18T
    Cuban people of African descent 125T
    Ethnic groups in Cuba 4T
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