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Abuna Matewos (circa 1842-December 4, 1926), was the Metropolitan of Ethiopia (head of the Ethiopian church) and an influential councillor of Emperor Menilek II [reigned...
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Matewos (14?- May 23, 1520), or Matthew, was a merchant of Armenian descent, born in Cairo, who, in 1512, was sent to Portugal on an...
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Cardinal Gugliemo Massaia (June 8, 1809- August 6, 1889), born Lorenzo Antonio Massaia, was an Italian Catholic missionary who worked for 35 years in Ethiopia,...
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Ntim Gyakari (about 1670 to November 1701) was Denkyerahene (ruler of Denkyera) from about 1692 to 1701. Having provoked a war with the Asante states,...
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Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford (September 28, 1866- August 11, 1930), writer, journalist, politician, and lawyer, helped to lay the foundations of a united Gold Coast,...
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Nur ibn Mujahid ibn Ali ibn Abd Allah al Duhi Suha, of the Ahl Suhawyan clan of the Somali tribe of Marehan, Darod group, was...
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Neguse Walda Mikael (circa 1830-January 1861) was one of the most important rebels against Emperor Tewodros [reigned 1855-68] during the earlier part of his reign....
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Robert Cornelis Napier (December 6, 1810-January 14, 1890) led the British expedition of 1867-68 against Emperor Tewodros II [reigned 1855-68]. After defeating Tewodros in his...
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Gosia Murad (circa 1596-circa 1702), also called Morad, Murat, or Amurat, was a Chrstian Armenian, born in Aleppo, Syria. In a diplomatic and commercial capacity,...
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Werner Muzinger (1832-November 13, 1875) was a Swiss scholar who was prominent in northeast African politics in the 1860s and 1870s. During this period he...
