Priscilla Abwao
Kenyan educator, social worker, and political activist died 2009
Priscilla Ingasiani Agufwana Abwao (1924 – 17 November 2009) was a Kenyan educator, social worker, and political activist. She represented Kenyan women at the Lancaster House Conference in London in 1962.
Early life and education
Abwao was from Vihiga County, Kenya, the daughter of Andrew Liko Agufwana and Maria Lavoga. She attended Kaimosi Friends' Primary School, and graduated from Nabumali High School in Uganda. She trained for a career in teaching at the Women's Training Centre in Kabete, and studied domestic science at Radbrook College in England in 1955.
Career
Abwao taught at her alma mater, the Kaimasi Friends Primary School, from 1949 to 1951. She became a social worker, assigned to Nyanza province. She became a Community Development Officer in 1956. She was appointed an official visitor to Kisumu Prison in 1962.
In 1961, Abwao was nominated by Sir Patrick Muir Renison to be the only African woman delegate to the Lancaster House Constitutional Conference.
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