Heroes and Heroines

Hayes Bennedict Howard (1903-1963) blind Composer, musician and poet, dominated the Liberian cultural scene for several decades. In his early teens, he traveled extensively through...

Sampson Opon (circa 1884-circa 1960) was a controversial local preacher who became prominent in Asante in the 1920s. His zeal and fiery preaching touched off...

Carl Christian Reindorf (May 31, 1834 – July 1 , 1917), an evangelical pastor, scholar, trader, physician, and historian, who worked with the Basel Mission,...

Faulkner Thomas J.R. (1870-1942) was born in the state of North Carolina, U.S.A., and migrated to Liberia as a young man. He was educated in...

Osei Kwame (circa 1764-1803) was Asantehene from 1777-98. While his reign would seem to have been efficient and enlightened, he was finally unable to overcome...

Okai Koi (circa 1610-June 20, 1660), the sixth king of Accra (ruled 1643-1660) was a prominent figure in coastal trade and politics in the 17th...

Osei Bonsu (1779-1824) was the seventh Asantehene, and the greatest of the 19th-century Asante warrior kings. He was born in 1779, and in 1800 succeeded...

Nana Ofori Kuma II (June 13, 1879 -June 17, 1954), or Bernard Ofosu Apea Koranteng, was the first barrister to become an Omanhane (paramount chief)...

Gabriel Lafayette Dennis (1896-1954) son of Edward and Johnette Dennis was born in Monrovia and educated at the College of West Africa. Later he went...

Massaquoi Nathaniel Varney (1905-1962), Secretary of Education for the Republic of Liberia, 1957-1962. He was born in Gandima, Sierra Leone, on June 13, 1905, and...