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Gambo Sawaba
Nigerian political activist
Hajia Gambo Sawaba (15 February 1933 – October 2001) was a Nigerian women's rightsactivist, politician and philanthropist.[1][2] She served as the deputy chairman of Great Nigeria People's Party (GNPP) and was elected leader of the national women's wing of Northern Element Progressive Union (NEPU).[3]
Background
Parents
Hajia Sawaba was born to Isa Amartey Amarteifio (christened Theophilus Wilcox) who was an immigrant from Ghana and Fatima Amarteifio, a Nupe woman from Lavun Local Government, Niger State.
Amarteifo was a graduate of Ghana School of Survey who immigrated to Nigeria in 1910 and sought to be employed by the Nigerian Railway Corporation.
Fatima's maternal great-grandfather was a blacksmith and warrior. His son, Mamman Dazu, was Gambo's maternal grandfather.
Mamman Dazu is said to have been a great warrior and widely consulted.[1]
Birth
Isa Amartey Amarteifio converted to
