When it comes to pioneers in medicine and women’s empowerment in Nigeria, one name stands tall – Agnes Yewande Savage. She holds the remarkable distinction of being the first Nigerian woman to qualify as a medical doctor, breaking barriers at a time when women, especially in colonial Africa, were rarely allowed such opportunities….CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>
Agnes Yewande Savage was born in 1906 to a Nigerian father and a Scottish mother. Her father, Richard Akinwande Savage Sr., was a respected Nigerian doctor who had also made history as one of the earliest West Africans to qualify in medicine from the University of Edinburgh. This undoubtedly influenced Yewande’s passion for medicine from a young age…..CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>