Margaret Mary Feeny MBE (1917 – 3 January 2012) was the founder and first director of London's Africa Centre charity, from 1963 to 1978.
[2] Feeny was General Secretary of the Sword of the Spirit, which became the Catholic Institute for International Relations (CIIR),[3] and then Progressio.
[4] She conceptualized the Africa Centre, London, and organised support from both Africans and Britons to bring the idea to fruition.
[5] The Africa Centre was registered as a charity in 1961, and in 1964 opened to the public at 38 King Street, Covent Garden,[6][7] with Feeny as its first director.
[8] She died in early 2012 aged 94 and her funeral took place at St John's Church, South Parade, Bath, on 18 January.