Leul-Ras Kassa Haylu (August 7, 1881 – November 16, 1956) was a 20th Century governor, military commander, imperial councillor, and author. His father, Dajazmach Haylu...
John Kabes [c.1670-1734] of Komenda [Eguafo], a trading port 15 mi [24km] west of Cape Coast, was ruler of Kabeskrom (literally “Kabes Town” a township...
Thomas Freeman Edward Jones (1851-July 18, 1924) was a prosperous Cape Coast merchant, an early nationalist, and a founding member of the Aborigines’ Right Protection...
Dr. Obadiah Alexander Johnson (1849-1920) was a Sierra Leonean who spent the latter part of his medical career in Lagos where he eventually became one...
Aba Jefar II (1861-1932) was the fifth and most important King of Jimma, a Muslim state in south-western Ethiopia, which he ruled from 1878 to...
James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey (October 18, 1875-July 30, 1927) was a pioneer of higher education for Africans who was an inspiration for his contemporaries, and...
Sumaila Ndewura Jakpa (circa 1600-1666) was, according to the most accessible and widely-known version of Gonja (Ngbanya) oral traditions, the conquering founder of the Gonja...
Lej Iyasu Mikael (February 3, 1896-July (?) 1935), grandson of Emperor Menilek II [reigned 1889-1913], was the nominal ruler of Ethiopia from about 1909, when...
Afawarq Gabra Iyasus (July 10, 1868-September 25, 1947), writer, poet and diplomat, was the author of Lebb wallad Tarik (“story Born out of Fantasy”) (1908), which...
RAS HAYLA TAKLA HAYMANOT Ras Haylu Takla Haymanot (1868-1951) was a governor of Gojam and a prominent Ethiopian businessman. He was the son of Negus...
