Years before the second wave of feminism began to take form in the West, there was a woman making activist waves in Nigeria – Funmilayo Anikulapo-Kuti. The national activist leader and the first woman to drive a car in Nigeria, was also mother of the popular musician Fela Kuti.Funmilayo Anikulapo-Kuti\’s feminism and socialism led to the creation of the Abeokuta Women’s Union (AWU) in 1942 and later Women’s International Democratic Federation (WIDF), organisations and movements that aided Kuti to promote women’s rights to education and employment.
