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Mame Bassine Niang
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Marie "Mame" Bassine Niang (1951 - September 27, 2013) was the first Senegalese woman lawyer and founder of the National Organization for Human Rights of Senegal.
Quotes
I am the daughter of a chief and a daughter of the Republic. I chose the latter, since it is the Republic that gave me the instruments to emancipate myself as a woman writer and a woman jurist.
“A woman must take on all the missions that are offered to her. For this, she needs great determination and discipline to overcome the negative prejudices that seek to make her a minor being.”
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Category: 1951 births
Category: 2013 deaths
Category: Lawyers
Category: Women from Senegal