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

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.

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 of 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. 1 2 3 Tanzania: First Tanzanian Woman LEGCO Member Dies Tanzania Daily News, 19 October 2015
  3. ↑ Miaka 100 ya chifu Marealla Archived 2022-01-20 at the Wayback Machine 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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