Maria Nyerere
She was born Maria Waningu Gabriel Magige on 31 December 1930. Mama Maria, as she is locally known, served as the inaugural First Lady of Tanzania from 1964 to 1985. Nyerere was educated at the White Sisters’ School at Nyegina, followed by Ukerewe School, then as a boarding scholar at Sumve Teacher Training College where she received a teaching certificate, and began teaching at Nyegina Primary School in Musoma. She married Julius Nyerere in 1953.
