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Thomas Freeman Edward Jones (1851-July 18, 1924) was a prosperous Cape Coast merchant, an early nationalist, and a founding member of the Aborigines’ Right...
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Obadiah Alexander Johnson (1849-1920) was a Sierra Leonean who spent the latter part of his medical career in Lagos where he eventually became one of...
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Aba Jefar II (1861-1932) was the fifth and most important King of Jimma, a Muslim state in south-western Ethiopia, which he ruled from 1878 to...
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James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey (October 18, 1875-July 30, 1927) was a pioneer of higher education for Africans who was an inspiration for his contemporaries, and...
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Sumaila Ndewura Jakpa (circa 1600-1666) was, according to the most accessible and widely-known version of Gonja (Ngbanya) oral traditions, the conquering founder of the Gonja...
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Lej Iyasu Mikael (February 3, 1896-July (?) 1935), grandson of Emperor Menilek II [reigned 1889-1913], was the nominal ruler of Ethiopia from about 1909, when...
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Afawarq Gabra Iyasus (July 10, 1868-September 25, 1947), writer, poet and diplomat, was the author of Lebb wallad Tarik (“story Born out of Fantasy”) (1908), which...
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Ras Haylu Takla Haymanot (1868-1951) was a governor of Gojam and a prominent Ethiopian businessman. He was the son of Negus Takla Haymanot of Gonjam,...
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Hayla Malakot Sahla Selassie (circa 1825-October 1855) was king of Shawa and the surrounding regions from 1847-55. He was succeeded by his son, who later...
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Muhammad Hanfari (18?-circa 1902) was the dominant leader of the southern Afar (Danakil), a namadic people inhabiting the Afar (Danakil) Desert of northeast Ethiopia, from...
