Muhammad ibn al-Mustafa and ‘Umar Kunandi ibn ‘Umar, (who both lived in the 18th century), were Dyula scholars from Gonja (Ngbanya), a state located in...
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Prince John Owusu-Ansa (1922-November 13, 1884) was the son of the Asantehene, Osei Bonsu, [ruled 1800-24], who was given to the British as a hostage,...
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Chitapankwa (d.1883) was one of the greatest Chitimukulus (paramount chiefs) of the Bemba people in north-east Zambia. The first Chitimukulus is a legendary figure, who...
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Brown Aaron Sylvester (1907-1956), painter, sculptor, and architect, was born on December 14, 1907, in Harper City, Cape Palmas. He studied at Liberia College, the...
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Joseph Peter Brown (April 16, 1843 – September 23, 1932) was a Fante teacher, scholar, and politician who defended African interests during the colonial period...
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Nana Kwesi Otu (?-1852) was the first Omanhin, or ruler, of Abora, one of the 11 Borbor Fante states in what is now southern Ghana,...
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Eugene Himie Shannon (December 6, 1893 -May 28, 1959) an Associate Justice and later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia, was born in...
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Frederick Victor Nanka-Bruce (October 19, 1878-July 12, 1953) was one of the first African medical doctors on the Gold Coast. He was also a newspaper...
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George Edward Moore (1879-1950) won a reputation in the Gold Coast and in Britain as an outstanding nationalist politician, traditionalist, and pan-Africanist. He was born...
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John C. Kirkham (?-1875) was a British military adviser to Emperor Yohannes IV [reigned 1872-89]. Kirkham had fought in the Nicaraguan Civil War of 1855-57,...
