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Efua Theodora Sutherland (27 June 1924 – 2 January 1996), was a Ghanaian playwright, director, researcher, children’s author, poet, dramatist, educationist, child advocate, and cultural activist....
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Mazi Mbonu Ojike (1912-1959) was an outspoken and fearless Nigerian nationalist, pan-Africanist, African cultural crusader, author, and activist for social justice and racial equality. He...
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Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly (c. 1909 – September 7, 1958) was a West African teacher and political leader who played a significant role in the late-colonial...
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Masotsha Ndlovu (c. 1890 – July 2, 1982) was a trailblazing Zimbabwean trade unionist and nationalist leader who fought for the rights of African workers...
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Mekatilili wa Menza (circa 1860 – 1920), known as the mother of colonial resistance, was a Kenyan freedom fighter and leader of the Giriama people,...
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Waruhiu Itote (1922 – 30 April 1993, aged 70-71), was one of the key leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising (1952–1960) in British Kenya alongside...
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Julius Kambarage Nyerere (April 13, 1922 – October 14, 1999), popularly known as Mwalimu (Swahili for “teacher”), was a Tanzanian statesman, political theorist, and Pan-Africanist....
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Jean-Félix Tchicaya (1903–1961) was a Congolese politician and the first from Congo-Brazzaville elected to the French National Assembly in 1945. Founder of the first political...
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (July 18, 1918 – December 5, 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, freedom fighter, unifier, political strategist, Black nationalist, lawyer, and...
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Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1895 – August 22, 1978) led Kenya to independence in 1963 and became the country’s first Prime Minister from 1963 to 1964...
