South Africa: Charlotte Maxeke, Mother of Freedom
South Africa celebrates 150th anniversary of Charlotte Maxeke's birth. Born 1871 and died 1939. She is sometimes considered "the mother of black freedom". This woman fought to defend minorities in the early 20th century. She was one of the founding members of the current presidential party, the ANC, at a congress in 1912. While the struggle against apartheid between 1949 and 1994 dominated the national…