Madeline Nyamwanza-Makonese
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Madeline Nyamwanza-Makonese is the first Zimbabwean female doctor, the second African woman to become a doctor, and the first African woman to graduate from the University of Rhodesia Medical School.[1][2] She graduated from the University of Rhodesia Medical School in 1970.[2] Madeline's success is significant and was a huge step forward for women in Zimbabwe, where women are considered culturally unequal to men.[3]
She was the seventh child in a family of nine. She was born at St Augustine Mission, Penhalonga where her father worked at the mission farm.[4]
