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Activists & Reformers

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Thomas E. Beysolow (1857-1949), jurist educator, author, reformer and renowned Liberian sociologist, was born at Gohn, Konneh, Ground Cape Mount County, a grandson of the...

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George Sarah Simpson, (1901-64), Educator, Social Worker, Politician, and Lawyer, was born in the settlement of Louisiana, Monsterrado County, to Phillip R. Simpson, a Methodist...

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William Essuman-Gwira Sekyi (November 1, 1892-October 5, 1956), popularly known as Kobina Sekyi, was one of the outstanding Gold Coast nationalists of the second and...

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Balay Zalaqa (1895/96-January 11, 1948) was a brigand chief in Gojam province, and later a Patriot leader who fought against the Italians during their occupation...

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Diop, also called Mour Diop but better known under the name Dial Diop, was one of the founders of the Lebu Republic on Cape Verde...

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John William Colenso (January 24, 1814-June 20, 1883), was the Anglican archbishop of Natal from 1853 onwards, during the age of British imperial expansion. He...

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John Langalibalele Dube (February 22, 1871-February 11, 1949), was the first president general of what was to become the African National Congress (ANC). He was...

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James Bannerman (1790-March 12, 1858), a prosperous Accra merchant prince and a capable administrator who as lieutenant-governor governed Britain’s Gold Coast settlements from 1850-51, was...

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The Rev. Samuel Richard Brew Attoh-Ahuma (December 22, 1863-December 15, 1921) was a nationalist politician, journalist, and author, active at the height of the colonial...

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Geraldo de Lima (18? – December 12, 1912) was an enterprising Ewe who became an influential and successful trader, with a commercial empire extending from...

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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