Heroes and Heroines

Clement Kadalie (circa 1896-November 28, 1951) was the founder and leader of the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, popularly known as the ICU....

Phuthi Chief from Basutoland, Moorosi (circa 1790s-1879) was the first chief to rebel against Cape rule when the Cape Colony annexed Basutoland in 1869. The...

Chief Lebua Jonathan (October 30, 1914-April 5, 1987), prime minister of Lesotho for the first 20 years after independence was gained in 1966, was a...

Sir Samuel Lewis (November 13, 1843-July 9, 1903), barrister and member of the Sierra Leone Legislative Council for more than 29 years, was the leading...

David Lansana (March 27, 1922-July 19, 1975) was the first Sierra Leonean to be commissioned into the Royal (now Republic of) Sierra Leone Military Forces,...

Paramount Chief Lamboi (circa 1860-December 26, 1917) was the last ruler of the Kpaa-Mende state before it followed the fate of other pre-colonial states and...

Kpowamoh-ei-Nepo (late 19th century), meaning literally “mad man cannot be coaxed,” was the leader of the Tongo Players, a famous Mende institution that used savage...

Mushid a Nambing (circa 1856-1907), son of Mwant Yav (Lunda ruler) Mbumb Muteb a Kat (ruled 1874-83) and of Nambing, assumed political prominence after the...

John Henry ‘Malamah’ Thomas (February, 1845-January 17, 1922) of recaptive descent became a prosperous merchant and a leading figure among the Krios (Creoles) of Freetown....

Mungembe (circa 1870-1949) worked as an agent of the Belgian colonial power to bring government control and administrative order to the politically decentralised peoples living...