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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...
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Daniel Simon Letanka (1874-1934), a newspaper editor and publisher, was also an African National Congress (ANC) leader dedicated to his people’s cause, which he served...
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Anton Muziwakhe Lembede, (1914-1947), was a founder and first president of the Congress Youth League (C.Y.L.), and was a major figure in the evolution of...
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Cornelis Jacob Langenhoven (August 12, 1873-July 15, 1932) was a writer, journalist, and politician, but above all fighter for the rights of the Afrikaans language....
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Saint Walata Petros (1594-November 24, 1643), one of the few women saints in Ethiopian hagiography, played a leading role in the anti-Catholic struggle waged by...
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Albert John Mvumbi Lutuli (circa 1898 to July 21, 1967) was the president-general of the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa for 15 crucial...
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Sidney Percival Bunting (1873-1936) was one of the founders of the Communist Party of South Africa and a leader in labour struggles in the early...
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869-January 30, 1948) led the Indian people in their struggle for independence from British rule, largely with the application of...
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The career of Edgar Brookes (February 4, 1897-August 1979), a distinguished educationist, author, and liberal leader, covered a long span in South Africa’s 20th century...
