The media (African/African American?) has missed highlighting – as a group – a bunch of African women that are making a lot of progress in Europe in their political careers and serving to show their capability while opening doors for others. We have been so focused on our news here in the US that we sometimes forget that there are milestones being made by others elsewhere. So this is a mention of some of the women (I’m sure there are many more) in European politics…..interestingly most of them (perhaps all mentioned here are moderate conservatives or conservatives – of course this has distinction from republicanism in the US and refers more to old definitions !)
Nyamko Sabuni (Congo) - Minister for Integration and Gender Equality, SWEDEN
Rama Yade (Senegal) - Secretary of State for Human Rights, FRANCE
Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Somali) - was member of the House of Representative in Holland
Seybah Dagoma (Chad) - recently ran for one of the elected offices in Paris, France
nollywoodforever said
Very interesting… I only knew about Ayaan Hirsi Ali because of her book infidel!