Margaret Ekpo
Cif Margaret Ekpo (27 ga Yuli, 1914 - 21 ga Satumba, 2006) ta kasance 'yar rajin kare hakkin mata a Najeriya kuma mai rajin wayar da kan jama'a wacce ta kasance babbar mace' yar siyasa a Jamhuriyyar Farko ta kasar kuma jagora a cikin rukunin mata masu gwagwarmayar mata na gargajiya, yawancinsu. tara mata fiye da tunanin hadin kan kabilu.  Ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a matsayinta na 'yar asalin gari kuma' yar siyasa mai kishin kasa a garin Aba da ke Gabashin Najeriya, a zamanin tafiyar da tsarin mulki da na maza zuwa neman 'yanci, tare da hawanta ba karamin taimakawa ba ne ta hanyar sanya matsayin mata zuwa na mataimaka ko kuma kari ga ayyukan maza.

Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Margaret Ekpo ne a garin Creek, na Jihar Kuros Riba, ga dangin Okoroafor Obiasulor [wanda asalinsa mutumin Aguluzigbo ne, wani gari ne da ke karkara a Karamar Hukumar Anaocha ta Jihar Anambra]  da Inyang Eyo Aniemewue. Ta hanyar mahaifiyarta, ta kasance memba na gidan sarauta na Sarki Eyo Honesty II na Garin Creek.  Ta kai matsayin shida na takardar shaidar barin makarantar a 1934. Koyaya, bala'i ya faru a gida tare da mutuwar mahaifinta a cikin 1934, burinta na ƙarin ilimi a cikin horar da malamai sakamakon sakamako ne aka riƙe. Daga nan ta fara aiki a matsayin malama dalibar a makarantun firamare . Ta auri likita, John Udo Ekpo, a 1938. 

Ya fito ne daga kabilar Ibibio wadanda suka fi yawa a jihar Akwa Ibom, yayin da ita kuma 'yar asalin Ibo ce da Efik . Daga baya ta koma tare da mijinta zuwa Aba.

A cikin 1946, ta sami damar yin karatu a ƙasashen waje a cikin abin da ke yanzu Cibiyar Fasaha ta Dublin, Dublin Ireland . Ta yi difloma a fannin kimiyyar cikin gida kuma bayan ta dawo Najeriya ta kafa Cibiyar Kimiyyar Cikin Gida da kuma dinki a Aba.

Harkar siyasa

Siyasar farko 
Shiga farkon shiga Margaret Ekpo cikin ra'ayoyin siyasa da kawance ya kasance a cikin 1945. Mijinta ya fusata da yadda masu mulkin mallaka ke kula da 'yan asalin Najeriya likitocin amma a matsayinsa na ma'aikacin gwamnati, bai samu damar halartar tarurruka don tattauna batun ba. Daga nan sai Margaret Ekpo ta halarci taruka a madadin mijinta, an shirya tarurrukan ne don tattaunawa kan ayyukan nuna wariyar launin fata da mulkin mallaka ke yi a cikin gari da kuma yaki da rashin daidaiton al'adu da launin fata wajen ciyar da shugabanci gaba. Daga baya ta halarci wani taron siyasa kuma ita kadai ce mace a wurin taron, wanda ya ga jawabai masu zafi daga Mbonu Ojike, Nnamdi Azikiwe da Herbert Macaulay .  A karshen shekaru goma ta shirya kungiyar Matan Mata a Aba don hada kan matan kasuwa a cikin birni.  Ta yi amfani da ƙungiyar don inganta haɗin kan mata a matsayin dandamalin yaƙi don 'yancin mata na tattalin arziki, kiyaye tattalin arziki da faɗaɗa haƙƙin siyasa na mata. Siyasar Ekpo ta kare ne da fara yakin basasar Najeriya. A wancan lokacin, hukumomin Biafra sun tsare ta tsawon shekaru uku a kurkuku tare da wadataccen abinci.

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