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Activists & Reformers

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Sir Kobina Arku Korsah (April 3, 1894 – January 25, 1967), was the first African chief justice of the Gold Coast (1956-57), and the first...

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Seretse Khama (July 1, 1921-July 13 1980) was a center of a political storm in 1950 when the British Government exiled him from the Bechuanaland...

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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....

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William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was the most outstanding of the Afro-American militant civil rights leaders at the...

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Steven Bantu Biko (1946 – September 12, 1977) was one of the founders of all-black South African Students’ Association (SASA) and a leading force in...

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John Joseph Akar (May 20, 1927 – June 23, 1975) was a broadcaster, short-story writer, actor, playwright, journalist and, finally, diplomat. He was born at...

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Joseph Kwame Kyeretwie Boakye Danquah (December 21, 1895 – February 4, 1965), lawyer, scholar, author, and patriot, became the dean of Ghana’s politicians. He was...

Editor’s Note

This website features a collection of articles largely from previously published volumes of the Encyclopaedia Africana, specifically the Encyclopaedia Africana Dictionary of African Biography, which highlights notable individuals from various regions of Africa. Please note that in these volumes, some names of people, towns, and countries were spelled differently than they are today. We have retained these historical spellings to preserve the integrity of the original publications. In some instances, the current spellings are also provided for easy reference.
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