Elifuraha Marealle

Elifuraha Ndesamburo Urio Marealle (died 16 October 2015) was a Tanganyikan politician. In 1955 she was one of the first three women appointed to the Legislative Council.

Elifuraha Marealle
Nominated Member of the Legislative Council
In office
1955–
Personal details
Died16 October 2015 (aged 86)
Moshi, Tanzania

Biography

Marealle attended Ashira Girls School in Moshi,[1] and later taught at the school.[2] In September 1948 she married Thomas Marealle, paramount chief of the Chaga people.[3]

In 1955 she was appointed to the Legislative Council as one the first three female members,[4] the only African amongst the three.[5] In the same year she was a delegate to the Marangu conference of the Lutheran Church as a representative of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanganyika, where she was a keynote speaker.[6] She became a member of the YWCA in the 1960s and worked at TANESCO.[2]

She died in October 2015 after several years of illness.[2]

References
  1. Marja-Liisa Swantz (2002) Beyond the Forestline: The Life and Letters of Bengt Sundkler, p140
  2. Tanzania: First Tanzanian Woman LEGCO Member Dies Tanzania Daily News, 19 October 2015
  3. Miaka 100 ya chifu Marealla Habari Leo, 14 February 2015
  4. Councillors All Sydney Morning Herald, 12 May 1955
  5. Tanganyika Gets 1st Negro Woman Legislator Jet, 26 May 1955
  6. Journeying Together Lutheran Communion in Africa
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