Bibi Titi Mohammed

Bibi Titi Mohammed (June 1926 – 5 November 2000) was a Tanzanian politician and activist. She was born in June 1926 in Dar es Salaam, at the time the capital of former Tanganyika. She first was considered a freedom fighter and supported the first President of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere. Bibi Titi Mohammed was a member of the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU), the party that fought for the independence of Tanzania, and held various ministerial positions.[1][2] In October 1969, she was sentenced for treason, and, after two years in prison, received a presidential pardon.

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 * Women need respect, support and opportunity not pity


 * The need to come together and pursue a common cause for our freedom is now, we must rise for the sake of Tanzania


 * Bibi Titi Mohammed