Fatima Massaquoi
pioneering educator in Liberia
Fatima Massaquoi-Fahnbulleh (25 December 1911 – 26 November 1978) was a Liberian writer and academic. After completing her education in the United States, she returned to Liberia in 1946, making significant contributions to the cultural and social life of the country.
Quotes
edit- This vast country has everything good and evil. It has sympathetic men and women, who can be as selfish as they can be kind. There is, in the words of Goethe, much light, but also much shade.
- [1] Fatima narrate her experiences in United States.
- But in spite of all this, freedom here is incomparable; no wonder then that the Negro can be lynched, and yet a Negro can stand and sing My Country Tis of Thee.
- [2] Fatima speak on freedom in United States.
- There is very much to learn from the United States, if we can scratch the varnish off the surface and take the woodwork that is solid and not rotten.
- [3] Fatima speak about United States.
Quotes about Fatima Massaquoi
edit- She speaks for herself, and gives a voice to African women and to the incredible experiences she’s had. It defies some accepted ways of thinking.
- [4] Tuchscherer speak of fatima's poetry.
