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Title: | Fatima Massaquoi Fahnbulleh (1912-1978): Pioneer Woman Educator |
Author: | Smyke, Raymond J. |
Year: | 1990 |
Periodical: | Liberian Studies Journal |
Volume: | 15 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 48-73 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Liberia |
Subjects: | teachers biographies (form) Women's Issues Education and Oral Traditions Education and Training |
Abstract: | This article presents the biography of Fatima Massaquoi Fahnbulleh, who was among the most influential indigenous women in mid-twentieth century Liberia, and played a key role in higher education. Born in 1912 in Njagbacca, Gawula District, Grand Cape Mount County, she went to Hamburg, Germany, in 1922, where she earned the Abitur and attended university. After her return to Liberia in 1946, she taught in several disciplines, mainly in the social sciences, at the University of Liberia, from 1947 until her retirement in 1972. In 1956 she became Director, and four years later, Dean of the College of Liberal and Fine Arts. She also founded and served as Director of the Institute of African Studies. She authored a number of monographs on Liberian culture, including an early autobiography. Being a one hundred percent Vai herself, she made a significant contribution to the standardization of the Vai script. Notes, ref. |