DR. JAMES EMMAN KWEGYIR AGGREY Dr. James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey (October 18th, 1875-July 30, 1927) was a pioneer of higher education for Africans who was...
SUMAILA NDEWURA JAKPA Sumaila Ndewura Jakpa (circa 1600-1666) was, according to the most accessible and widely-known version of Gonja ( Ngbanya) oral traditions, the conquering...
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...
Afararq 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 may...
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...
HAYLA MALAKOT SAHLA SELASSIE Hayla Malakot Sahla Selassie (circa 1825-October 1855) was king of Shawa and the surrounding regions from 1847-55. He was succeeded by...
Muhammad Hanfari (18?-circa 1902) was the dominant leader of the southern Afar (Danakil), a namadic people inhabiting the Afar (Danakil) Desert of northeast Ethiopia, from...
EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE Emperor Haile Selassie (July 23, 1892-August 26/27,1975), born Tafari Makonnen, held power for some 50 years, and ruled as emperor from 1930-74....
Lej Hailemariam mammo (1909-June 6, 1938) was a Patriot of the Ethiopian resistance to the Italian occupation of 1936-1941) and was famed for his courage....
GEORGE ALFRED GRANT George Alfred Grant (August 15, 1878 – October 30, 1956), one of the prosperous merchants of his day, was the first president...
