Agnes Yewande Savage (21 February 1906 – 1964) was a Nigerian doctor and the first West African woman to train and qualify in orthodox medicine.[1][2][3][4][5] Savage was the first West African woman to receive a university degree in Medicine, graduating with first-class honours from the University of Edinburgh in 1929 at the age of 23.[1][3] In 1933, Sierra Leonean political activist and higher education pioneer, Edna Elliott-Horton became the second West African woman university graduate and the first to earn a bachelor's degree in the liberal arts.[6]