Cécile Nobrega, née Burgan (1 June 1919 – 19 November 2013) was a Guyanese-born British teacher, poet, playwright, composer and community activist.

[2] "Bronze Woman", a poem in her 1968 collection Soliloquies, celebrated the historical role of Caribbean women sacrificing everything to protect their children.

She retrained at Hockerill Teacher Training College to teach drama, and taught in Hertfordshire and the London Borough of Brent.

[5] Bronze Woman is a ten-foot statue of a mother and child, designed by sculptor Ian Walters, and after his death completed by Aleix Barbat.

The Baroness Scotland of Asthal delivered a keynote speech; alongside Nobrega around the statue were artist Anissa Jane, entrepreneur Sonita Alleyne, Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids, community activist Jessica Huntley, MOBO Awards founder Kanya King, diversity expert Brenda King, equal rights campaigner Doreen Lawrence and community campaigner Sybil Phoenix.