Dorcas Idowu
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Dorcas Idowu | |
|---|---|
| Nominated Member of the House of Assembly | |
| In office 1955–1959 | |
| Succeeded by | Josepha Mua |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 August 1903 |
Dorcas Ewokolo Idowu (born 27 August 1903) was a Cameroonian politician. She was the first woman to sit in the Southern Cameroons House of Assembly, and the first female parliamentarian in what is now Cameroon.
Biography
[edit]Idowu was born in 1903, the daughter of Joseph Lifanjo Ekema.[1] She married Thomas Faguma Idowu and worked as a teacher at the government school in Buea.[1][2]
A member of the Kamerun National Congress,[2] Idowu was appointed to the Southern Cameroons House of Assembly in July 1955 as a member representing women's interests,[1] becoming the first female parliamentarian in Cameroon.[2] She remained a member until 1959.[3]