Hafsat Abiola
In 1993, Hafsat Abiola's father, Moshood Abiola, won
Nigeria's first democratic presidential election in ten
years. The election was subsequently annulled by a ruling
military council and he was incarcerated. He died on the
eve of his release in 1998. Hafsat Abiola's mother, Kudirat,
who mobilized pro-democracy groups during her husband's
imprisonment, was assassinated in the streets of Lagos
in 1996. Born and raised in Lagos, Hafsat Abiola attended
Philips Academy and Harvard University. She founded and
runs the Kudirat Initiative for Nigerian Democracy (KIND),
which is dedicated to promoting democracy and strengthening
civil society in Africa.
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