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Joseph Dawson (1834- 18?) was active in helping draw up the constitution of the Fante Confederation in the 1860s, and later acted as an intermediary...
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Aaron Belisarius Cosimo Sibthorpe (circa 1840-June 20, 1916) was the first historian of Sierra Leone. He was probably brought to Sierra Leone as a boy,...
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Rifa’ Ah Rafi Al-Tahtawi (1801-73), the first intellectual reformer of modern Egypt and father of modern Arabic literature, was born at Tahta, Upper Egypt in...
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Obadiah Alexander Johnson (1849-1920) was a Sierra Leonean who spent the latter part of his medical career in Lagos where he eventually became one of...
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Afawarq Gabra Iyasus (July 10, 1868-September 25, 1947), writer, poet and diplomat, was the author of Lebb wallad Tarik (“story Born out of Fantasy”) (1908), which...
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Atsme Giyorgis (1821-1914) a historian of the Galla or Oromo people, was one of the few Ethiopian authors during the reign of Emperor Menilek (1889-1914). Atsme...
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Foday Tarawaly (circa 1780s-1880s), chief of Gbile (Billeh), a town on the Great Scarcies River, opposite Kambia, in northern Sierra Leone, was an Islamic scholar,...
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Ferdinand Kwasi Fiawoo (December 1891-1969) was an Ewe playwright, educator, and politician who became prominent in the middle decades of the 20th century. He was...
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McCormack Charles Farrell Easmon (April 11, 1890 – April 30, 1972) was a medical officer who for many years combated racial discrimination in the Sierra...
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Sir Salako Ambrosius Benka-Coker (June 16, 1900-December 7, 1965) was the first Sierra Leonean to become Chief Justice, serving from 1960 to 1963. The son...
