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Jun 27, 1868 Freetown, Western Area, Sierra Leone Died on 16 Jan 1960 (aged 91)
Sierra Leonean activist, educator, feminist and writer
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About Adelaide Casely Hayford
- Adelaide Casely-Hayford, MBE (née Smith; 2 June 1868 – 24 January 1960), was a Sierra Leone Creole advocate, an activist for cultural nationalism, educator, short story writer, and feminist.
- Casely-Hayford was committed to public service and worked to improve the conditions of black men and women.
- As a pioneer of women's education in Sierra Leone, she played a key role in popularizing Pan-Africanist and feminist politics during the early nineteen hundreds.
- She established a school for girls in 1923 called Girl's Vocational and Training School in Freetown, to instill cultural and racial pride during the colonial years under British rule.
- Promoting the preservation of Sierra Leone national identity and cultural heritage, in 1925 she wore a traditional African costume to attend a reception in honor of the Prince of Wales, where she created a sensation.
