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Reinhold Frederick Alfred Hoernle (November 11, 1880-July 21, 1943) was a philosopher and a prominent supporter of the Joint Council movement and the South African...
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John Tengo Jabavu (January 11, 1859-Sep-tember 10, 1921), an Xhosa educationist, was the long time editor of Imvo Zabantsundu, the leading African newspaper cf his...
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Nagadras Gabra Heywat Baykadagn (1888-1919), an Ethiopian civil servant, was a distinguished writer in the field of political economy. He was born in the province...
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Sir James Henley Coussey (March 10, 1895-June 6, 1958), the first African judge to be appointed straight from the Bar without becoming a colonial magistrate,...
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Nicholas Timothy Clerk (1862-August 16, 1961) was an African-born missionary who engaged in pioneer work with the Basel Mission in what is now southeastern Ghana....
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Cheikh Anta Diop was born in Diourbel, Senegal, on December 23, 1933, to a Muslim Wolof family. Part of the peasant class, his family belonged...
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He was born in 1827, and was one of the eldest sons of Fredua Agyeman (as he was then known) by his marriage to a...
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Gabru Dasta (1855-January 1950) was one of the few foreign-educated Ethiopians living during the reign of Emperor Menilek II [reigned 1889-1913]. He served the emperor...
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Ganiyu Adeola Fawehinmi, (Ganiyu Oyesola Fawehinmi) (1938-2009), was a Nigerian author, publisher, philanthropist, social critic, human and civil rights lawyer. He was born on the...
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Dawit I (reigned 1380-1412) was one of the most powerful medieval emperors of Ethiopia. He was the son of Emperor Newaya Krestos. His reign coincided...
