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Margaret Ekpo - Nigeria's feminist pioneer

The woman who fought for Nigerian independence, the challenge to the US electoral law designed to protect black voters plus the Occupy Wall Street protest and leaving St Kilda.

Margaret Ekpo helped establish Nigerian independence and became one of the country's first female MPs. We hear from her grandson and speak to a Nigerian feminist about why Nigeria has so few women in government today. Plus the US Supreme Court decision that threatens the voting rights of Black Americans, the policeman turned protestor who was part of the Occupy Wall Street protest, America's first woman combat pilot and the bittersweet memories of the Gaelic-speaking community who left the remote islands of St Kilda in 1930.

PHOTO: Margaret Ekpo in London in August 1953 (ANL/Shutterstock)

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53 minutes

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Mon 31 Aug 2020 23:06GMT

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  • Sat 29 Aug 2020 14:06GMT
  • Sat 29 Aug 2020 18:06GMT
  • Mon 31 Aug 2020 23:06GMT

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