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Mantantu Dundulu (circa 1865-February 1938) better known as Nlemvo, was the first Protestant Christian in the Congo and a close collaborator with William H. Bentley...
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Asafo Agyei (Asafu-Adjaye) (18? -1885) was a ruler of Dwaben, one of the founding states of the Asante Union, located to the northeast of the...
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Ras Makonnen (May 8, 1852-March 22, 1907), whose full name was Ras Makonnen also called Abba Qagnew, served Emperor Menilek Walda Mikael, II [reigned 1889-1913]...
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Thomas Owusu Mensah (c. 1950 – March 27, 2024) was a renowned Ghanaian chemical engineer and inventor who contributed to the development of fiber optic...
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Seepapitso, (1883-1916), the Kgosi (traditional ruler) of the Bangwaketse for a brief six years, succeeded his famous father, Bathoen I, in 1910. Seepapitso was a...
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Sechele I (circa 1810-1892) was the last independent ruler of the northern Kwena (Bakwena) people of what is now Botswana, the principal group of the...
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The Rev. Guthrie Michael Scott (Sussex, England, July 30, 1907-London, September 14, 1983) was an Anglican clergyman and passive resister. He was the first petitioner...
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Olive Schreiner (March 24, 1855 – December 11, 1920) is best known, both within and outside South Africa, for her novel The Story of an...
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Sarili (circa 1815-1892), son of Hintsa, was the 11th king of the Xhosa, in direct line of succession to Tshawe, and the last independent ruler...
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Sandile (1820-May 29, 1878), a Xhosa prince of the House of Gaika or Ngqika, was the last Paramount Chief of a united Rarabe people (1840-78)....