Nana Ofori Atta I (October 11, 1881-August 20, 1943), or Aaron Eugene Boakye Danquah, was Omanhene (paramount chief) of Akyem Abuakwa from 1912-1943. During this...
Pa Morlai Limba [17?-circa 1815]was a leading Limba warrior who fought wars of expansion in the early 19th century. He was such a formidable opponent...
Momo Ja (late 1840s-early 1900s) was a famous warrior and ruler in the far south of Sierra Leone, who, together with his older brother Momo...
Mensa Bonsu (circa 1840 – April 21, 1896) was Asantehene from 1874-1983. In the earlier part of his reign he launched a program of reconstruction...
John McCormack (March 24, 1791-March 20, 1865) was one of the few Europeans in the 19th century who spent almost their entire working lives in...
Sir Charles McCarthy (1769-1824) was a governor of Sierra Leone in the early 19th century and whose period of rule was looked back on as...
Mbandzeni or Dlamini IV (1858-1889) became King of the Swazi in 1874; it was during his reign that much Swazi land was lost to the...
CHARLOTTE MAXEKE Charlotte Maxeke (1874-1939) was one of South African’s first prominent African Women leaders, perhaps best known as the first President of the Bantu Women’s...
ZACHARIAH KEODIRELANG MATTHEWS Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews (Kimberley, South Africa, 1901-Washington, D.C., November 5, 1968) was a scholar, politician, and diplomat. A miner’s son, he was educated...
BA FODAY MANSARAY Ba Foday Manasaray (circa 1750s-1818) was a Limba leader who founded a state in Wara Wara district, based on Bafodea (Bafodaya), a...
