General Oreste Baratieri (November 13, 1841-August 7, 1901) was commander-in-chief of the Italian forces which were defeated at the battle of Adwa in March 1896...

Aklilu Habta-Wald (March 12, 1912- November 24, 1974) was prime minister of Ethiopia from 1961-1974, and was one of the most important Ethiopian politicians under...

Fela Anikulapo Kuti (15 October 1938 — 2 August 1997), was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, pioneer of Afrobeat music, human rights activist, and...

Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe (November 16, 1904 – May 11, 1996), was the first president of independent Nigeria (1963–66) and a prominent nationalist figure. He was...

Anthony Eromosele Enahoro was a Nigerian nationalist, journalist, pro-democracy activist and politician. He is considered one of the heroes of Nigeria’s independence movement. He was...