About Grace Eniola Soyinka
Lived 1908 – 1983 (aged 74–75). Grace Eniola Soyinka was a Nigerian shopkeeper and activist.
Grace Eniola Soyinka (née Jenkins-Harrison; 1908–1983 ) was a Nigerian shopkeeper, activist, and member of the aristocratic Ransome-Kuti family.
She co-founded the Abeokuta Women's Union with Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, her aunt-in-law. They protested against taxes introduced by the Alake of Abeokuta, the ruler backed by the colonial authorities. They withheld the taxes, and eventually the Alake abdicated. The second of their seven children
She died in 1983, at the age of 75.
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Nigerian activist
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Grace Eniola Soyinka was born in 1908.
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Grace Eniola Soyinka died in 1983.
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Grace Eniola Soyinka was a shopkeeper and activist.
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Grace Eniola Soyinka was Nigerian.
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