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Musa Mwariama (1928 – 1993) was a Kenyan revolutionary leader of the Mau Mau in Meru and the highest-ranking Mau Mau leader who survived the war without being killed or...
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Waruhiu Itote (1922 – 30 April 1993, aged 70-71), was one of the key leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising (1952–1960) in British Kenya alongside...
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Julius Kambarage Nyerere (April 13, 1922 – October 14, 1999), popularly known as Mwalimu (Swahili for “teacher”), was a Tanzanian statesman, political theorist, and Pan-Africanist....
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Robert Gabriel Mugabe (February 21, 1924 – September 6, 2019) was a Zimbabwean anti-colonial nationalist, revolutionary leader, educator, and politician who played a central role...
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Moro Naba Saaga II (Koom II) (c. 1889 – 12 March 1942) was the Mogho Naba (emperor) of the Mossi state of Wogodogo, in French...
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Kwaku Baprui Asante (March 26, 1924 – January 22, 2018) was a distinguished Ghanaian diplomat, writer, and politician whose career spanned public service, diplomacy, and...
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Atukwei John Okai (March 15, 1941 – July 13, 2018), born John Atukwei Okai, was Ghana’s iconic poet, cultural activist, academic, and one of Africa’s...
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Ja Ja of Opobo (1821–1891), was the first known Nigerian richest man, nationalist, a merchant prince and the founder of Opobo city-state which now forms...
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Sydney Brenner (1927–2019) was a South African-born biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his groundbreaking work in molecular biology and genetics. Sydney Brenner, biologist/geneticist...
