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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)Â 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,...
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Balay Zalaqa (1895/96-January 11, 1948) was a brigand chief in Gojam province, and later a Patriot leader who fought against the Italians during their occupation...
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Bakaré (1801-circa 1871) was the first ruler of Léqa, a 19th-century Muslim kingdom in western Ethiopia, and founder of a dynasty. Bakaré was the son...
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Diouf Galandou (1875-1941) was a Senegalese politician born in Saint-Louis on September 14, 1875. He belonged to one of those ancient families of Saint-Louis slave...
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Dingane (circa 1775-1840), also known as Dingaan, was the second Zulu king, and ruled from 1828-40. He was one of the assassins of Shaka, whom...
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El Hadj Omar Saidou Tall (1797-1864), was an Islamic reformer and the man who introduced and spread the Tidjaniya brotherhood in Tropical West Africa. Â ...
