Franca Afegbua
Franca Afegbua (1943-2023) kyakkyawa ce kuma ƴar siyasa a Najeriya wacce ta wakilci Bendel ta Arewa a Majalisar Dattawan Najeriya a shekarar 1983. An zaɓe ta a matsayin sanata a ƙarƙashin jam’iyyar National Party of Nigeria (NPN), ita ce mace ta farko da aka taɓa zaɓa zama sanata a Najeriya.

Farkon rayuwa
Afegbua haifaffiyar garin Okpella ne na jihar Edo. Tana da karatun sakandare a Sofia, Bulgaria. Kafin fara jamhuriya ta biyu, ta yi aiki a matsayin mai gyaran gashi a Legas tana mai da hankali kan abokan ciniki masu samun kuɗi.  Afegbua ya kuma kasance yana da kusanci da Joseph Tarka wanda ya gabatar da ita ga jam’iyyarsa, NPN. A shekarar 1983, lokacin da ta bayyana aniyarta na yin kalubale ga kujerar sanata a Bendel, kadan ne suka ba ta dama.  Jam'iyarta tana adawa kuma gwamna mai ci da sanata mutane ne masu mutunci a cikin al'umma. Amma Afegbua wacce ta lashe gasar gyaran gashi a duniya a shekara ta 1977, ta kirga cewa neman karin mata don jefa kuri'a na iya ba ta nasara. Nasarar da ta yi a gasar ta sanya sunanta ya zama sananne a cikin al'ummarta ta Etsako, ta yi niyya ga mata masu jefa kuri'a kuma yayin da yakin neman zabenta ya samu karfinta lokaci ya yi da za a hana. Ta sami nasara a sirrance a zaben watan Agusta, inda ta doke John Umolu.

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Haifaffun 1943
Mutuwan 2023