William Hughes (18?-1898) was the first African to be appointed as assistant district commissioner when the interior of Sierra Leone was declared a British Protectorate...
Togbi (Amega) Wenya, who lived during the 17th century, led the great Ewe migration from Notsie (Nouatja) in what is now Togo into what is...
HENDRICK VROOM Hendrick Vroom (May 20,1850-January 1902)was one of the outstanding civil servants and diplomats serving the Gold Coast government in its earlier years. After...
WILLIAM BEDFORD VAN LARE William Bedford Van Lare (September 7, 1904-September 3, 1969) was a prominent member of the Ghana (formerly Gold Coast) judiciary in...
JOHN VAN DER PUIJE John van der Puije (March 18, 1848-September 12, 1925) was an Accra merchant, divisional chief, member of the Gold Coast Legislative...
‘Uthman Abu Bakr Diqna “ ‘Uthman Digna” (c.1840-1926) was one of the ‘Amils (Provincial Governors) of the Mahdist State in the Sudan (1885-1898). His ancestors...
AUGUSTUS WILLIAM KOJO THOMPSON Augustus William Kojo Thompson (1880-February 26, 1950), generally known as Kojo Thompson, was a lawyer, a radical nationalist politician, and a...
LAWSON, T.G. Thomas George Lawson (circa 1814-June 1891) was a chief’s son who became the first official interpreter and messenger operating between the colonial administration...
Tetteh Quarshie (1842-1892) is acknowledged to be the man who made cocoa cultivation a prosperous industry in the Gold Coast (now Ghana), and so laid...
SIR CHARLES WILLIAM TACHIE-MENSON Sir Charles William Tachie-Menson (1889 – October 17, 1962), who had a distinguished career in public service, was the first African...
