5) Zeinab Suma Jammel (Gambia)
Zeinab Suma is originally from Morocco, a mother of two, and a beautiful and elegant woman. However, the talks that go around about her are harsh, and many people call her many negative terms such as, “gold digger” and “devilish”. The Gambian President Yahya Jammeh married another wife Alima Sallah in the presence of his first wife Zeinab Suma. She protested about it until the President reportedly divorced the second wife.
6) Queen Inkhosikati LaMbikiza (Swaziland)
A widely known fact is that King Mswati the III has 15 wives, and out of them, LaMbikiza is the first wife he chose for himself, apart from the arranged brides. Even though Queen LaMbikiza dropped out of school when she was 16 just to marry the King, she managed to attain a degree in law after being married. The law degree remains in name as the Queen is not allowed to exercise her profession, in fear of being favored because of her status. However, she is an extremely ambitious woman and she does many other works to establish her name. Overall, she is a beautiful and talented woman with a soft sweetly voice that define her personality.
feisalpinto says
i think you should do again this article cause check on Tanzanian First lady, she is suppose to be in the List, But i dont know what categories where you concetrating on
Faustin says
Maybe she does not have a bleached skin, cause those that are featured mostly look like they have bleached their skins bar those that are naturally lighter in skin complexion. Awful article.
Brian says
Lousy article, many have been left out because the a dark skined and realy potray African beauty. Even the wife of Zambian late president (passed away 3 days ago) Chirsten is a gorgeous woman with a captivating smile who happens to be a medical doctor and runs a cancer awareness, prevention and treatment organisation
Faustin says
Rubbish. They only chose the First Ladies with light skin complexion that is natural or lightened using skin bleaching products. Author must have a white complex enforcing all the wrong African stereotypes.
marocaine says
I was actually wondering when I read the article, if all the African first ladies were white. It would have been better to show all the different types of beauty we have in Africa.
Faustin says
Exactly my point. The author of this article reeks of someone with a deep inferiority complex.
Lipo says
Stupid article reeling with low self-esteem of African beauty!!!
kevin kruger says
What about NIGERIA PRESIDENT’S WIFE
Daniel Sackey Yobo says
Dear Kade Sara (author of article) rewrite this article and take into consideration social responsibility, and intellect forget about outward beauty. by the way what is Number 3 doing here.
alice kiteque Francisco says
I tank the top section 10 to choose my mother and mother for Angola
Frankly it’s a generous she knows life is like the other we liked a lot Ana Paola do Santos
Mezroui El Mustapha says
Welcome To Morocco
Kirigo Kamore says
Firstly this article looks like it was written by a high school student, poor grammar, ineffective language and very superficial; ‘still look elegant even with whitish hairs’…’they dress and look expensive’. Hilarious…
Why are you only focusing on their physical attributes? Who cares? A first lady could do a lot more than go shopping and slapping on makeup, especially a first lady from a poor country in need of female inspiration and access to resources I’m sure most of these woman could provide, even if it involves whispering sweet nothings into the presidential ear. I dislike that African first ladies are often just trophy wives, and are usually just seen and not heard. We need black, female Hilary Clintons and Angela Merkels and more Michelle Obamas who make a real difference and contribution to their respective countries, rather than a contribution to their country’s deficit and their own closets. I’m not inspired at all.
P.S. just because a woman looks eccentric or has has clothes custom-made, it does not mean she’s fashionable or stylish. Gaddafi had his clothes custom-made, probably because no one in the respectable fashion arena would want to commit career suicide by creating such clothing. There is a line between kitsh, frou frou and chic, elegant. Peace.
Lucky Kunene says
why is Grace Mugabe not in this list?
Darkness says
A clown who thinks that being beautiful is to have a white skin wrote this article.
Pelga Kash says
How dare you leave out Mrs. Museveni. She’s a natural beauty!
sei says
This article needs to be rewritten. It lacks research.
Kenya’s First Lady Margaret Kenyatta made history as the first ever First Lady to run a marathon (The London Marathon) for her cause to prevent infant and maternal deaths.
She was also the first First Lady ever to be awarded the UN Person of the Year Award – 2014.
Please give these women the respect they deserve. They are more than just “whitish hair”.
thiki says
This article suppose to be 10 Most light skin First Ladies in Africa of 2014
Cecilia James says
wondering what the writer classified as beauty especially in the African context.