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May 26, 1932 Malawi 91 years old
Malawian lawyer and activist
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About Vera Chirwa
- Vera Mlangazua Chirwa (born 1932) is a Malawian born lawyer and human and civil rights activist.
- She was Malawi's first female lawyer and a founding member of the Malawi Congress Party and the Nyasaland African Women's League.
- She fought for multiparty democratic rule in Malawi and was charged with treason, tried and sentenced to death by President Kamuzu Banda.
- She spent 12 years on death row.
- She was married to lawyer Orton Chirwa, Malawian Minister of Justice and Attorney General, who later died in prison.
