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Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst (1882-September 27, 1960) was a British suffragette (militant advocate of women’s suffrage) who became involved in Ethiopian affairs after the invasion of...
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Bakaffa (1694-September 19, 1730) was emperor of Ethiopia from 1721-30. A shrewd ruler, he consolidated the power of the monarchy. His Christian name was Atsma-Giyorgis,...
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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...
