Lucrécia Paim

Lucrécia Paim was an Angolan feminist, human rights defender and nationalist activist, considered a martyr of the country's decolonization process. She was a member of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and co-founder of its women's wing, the Organization of Angolan Women (OMA). She was captured, tortured and executed by the National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA) in the context of the fratricidal struggle between the MPLA and the UPA/FNLA.²