This Nigerian lady breaks 150-old jinx as she emerges 1st black MLA elected to Manitoba Legislature.
Uzoma Asagwara
No black person had ever been elected to the Manitoba Legislature in the 150-year history of the province, until Nigerian psychiatric nurse, Uzoma Asagwara, broke the jinx on Tuesday in Canada.
She won the Union Station seat for the NDP.
The first-generation Canadian whose parents are Nigerian, is a longtime community activist in Winnipeg's core.