Molara Ogundipe

Omolara Ogundipe-Leslie, also known as Molara Ogundipe and Omolara Leslie, was a Nigerian poet, critic, editor, feminist, and activist. Considered one of the foremost writers on African feminism, gender studies and literary theory, she was a social critic who came to be recognized as a viable authority on African women among black feminists and feminists in general. She contributed the piece "Not Spinning on the Axis of Maleness" to the 1984 anthology Sisterhood Is Global: The International Women's Movement Anthology, edited by Robin Morgan. She is most celebrated for coining the term STIWA, or Social Transformation in Africa Including Women.