Heroes and Heroines

Raday, or Radet, who lived in the 16th century, was a chief of the Falasha, a people practising a form of Judaism in the rugged...

Fasilidas (?-0ctober 18, 1637) reigned as emperor of Ethiopia from 1632-67. He worked to return the state to the faith of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church,...

Dom Manuel (circa 1430-1510), the Mani Soyo (ruler of Soyo), was one of the first officials in the kingdom of Kongo who sought to understand...

He was born in 1827, and was one of the eldest sons of Fredua Agyeman (as he was then known) by his marriage to a...

Gabru Dasta (1855-January 1950) was one of the few foreign-educated Ethiopians living during the reign of Emperor Menilek II  [reigned 1889-1913]. He served the emperor...

Emmanuel Joseph Peter Brown (1875-May 1929) was a lawyer, journalist, and nationalist, and an author of talent. He would have merited recognition as an outstanding...

Efunporoye Osuntinubu Olumosa (circa 1805 – December 3, 1887). Some women have left their footprints in the annals of Nigerian history. One of such women...

Momo Kai Kai (circa 1812-circa 1900) was a warrior chief in southwest Sierra Leone, who by the end of the 19th century had become the...

Gabra Selassé Walda Aragay (1844/45-November 4, 1912), who held the post of Tsahafe Teezaz (Chief Imperial Secretary), was a chronicler, an influential courtier, and a...

Ato Makonnen Habta Wald (1865-December 1960) was an influential member of the Ethiopian government between 1930 and 1960. Born in Bulga, Shawa, he was the...