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Heroes and Heroines

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Nathaniel Henry Benedict Cassell (1872-1939), son of Thomas and Rachel Cassell, was educated at Cuttington College and Divinity School, and Liberia College, and was ordained...

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Dempster Roland Tombekai (December 9, 1910 – September 24, 1965), author, member of the House of Representatives, eminent scholar, Professor of Latin and World Literature....

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Joseph Jenkins Roberts, (1809-1876) businessman, soldier, educator, and statesman, was born on March 15, 1809, in Norfolk, Virginia, and migrated to Liberia in 1892. As...

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Magnus John Sampson (May 17, 1900-July 27, 1958), an author of some standing, wrote Gold Coast Men of Affairs and other works. He was the...

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Momolu Massaquoi (1870-1938), a Prince of the Vai tribe, was among the first indigenous Liberians to study in America. For thirty years he played a...

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Mimor Piwu (c. 1873-1933) was the first paramount chief of Zowolo, Lofa County, Liberia, during the last decade of the 19th century and early years...

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Alfred John Ocansey (1879-September, 1943) was a pioneer businessman, newspaper proprietor, and nationalist politician. The first to introduce the cinema, and other innovations, to the...

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Joseph Fulton Dunbar was born in the city of Greenville, Sinoe County in Liberia on May 12, 1874. His parents were George Augustus and Jerusha...

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Barclay Edwin James, 1882-1955, nephew of Arthur Barclay, was the seventeenth president of the Republic of Liberia. His election as President in 1930 was of...

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At the time when the partitioning of Africa was being completed Arthur Barclay was president of Liberia. The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, to which Liberia...

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This website features a collection of articles largely from previously published volumes of the Encyclopaedia Africana, specifically the Encyclopaedia Africana Dictionary of African Biography, which highlights notable individuals from various regions of Africa. Please note that in these volumes, some names of people, towns, and countries were spelled differently than they are today. We have retained these historical spellings to preserve the integrity of the original publications. In some instances, the current spellings are also provided for easy reference.
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