SOCIAL ACTIVIST

FannyAnn Eddy

1974 - 2004

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FannyAnn Viola Eddy (14 June 1974 – 29 September 2004) was a Sierra Leonean LGBT activist who founded the Sierra Leone Lesbian and Gay Association (SSLGA) in 2002, the country's first LGBT organisation. Eddy advocated for LGBT rights in Sierra Leone as well as throughout Africa, and in April 2004 addressed the United Nations in Geneva to advocate for the passing of the Brazilian Resolution. She was murdered in her office in Freetown in September 2004, in a crime that remains unsolved. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. FannyAnn Eddy is the 734th most popular social activist (up from 747th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Sierra Leone (up from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Sierra Leonean Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, FannyAnn Eddy ranks 734 out of 840. Before her are Asmaa Mahfouz, Edith Windsor, Valdete Idrizi, Ros Sopheap, Leydy Pech, and Karla Avelar. After her are Latifa Ibn Ziaten, Ihor Kostenko, Nils Muižnieks, Veronika Tsepkalo, Barbara Gittings, and Reyhaneh Jabbari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, FannyAnn Eddy ranks 618. Before her are Liu Fang, Max Tonetto, Tina Cousins, Manjul Bhargava, Håkan Hellström, and Lisa Sheridan. After her are Shwetha Menon, Christian Hoffmann, Maurizio Margaglio, Ruslan Salei, Urmas Paet, and Kim Director. Among people deceased in 2004, FannyAnn Eddy ranks 338. Before her are Hugh Shearer, Atefeh Sahaaleh, Salvador Laurel, Brock Adams, Albeiro Usuriaga, and Malika Pukhraj. After her are Johnny Warren, Alphonso Ford, Mikael Ljungberg, Sergejs Žoltoks, Kamala Markandaya, and Terje Bakken.

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In Sierra Leone

Among people born in Sierra Leone, FannyAnn Eddy ranks 13 out of 22. Before her are Milton Margai (1895), Trevoh Chalobah (1999), Mohamed Kallon (1979), Johnny Paul Koroma (1960), Fatima Massaquoi (1912), and Valentine Strasser (1967). After her are Zainab Bangura (1959), Nathaniel Chalobah (1994), Roda Antar (1980), Eunice Barber (1974), Rodney Strasser (1990), and Ishmael Beah (1980).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Sierra Leone

Among social activists born in Sierra Leone, FannyAnn Eddy ranks 1. 

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