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Solimanga Samura (who flourished in about the 17th century) was a warrior traditionally famous for his enormous stature. He was believed by the Yalunka Samura...
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Thascius Caecillius Cyprianus Afer, African bishop and martyr, who was born in Carthage of rich pagan parents, was first a Professor of Rhetoric and then...
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Abdoulaye Sadji was born in 1910 in Rufisque, a little town in the suburb of Dakar, Senegal. His brilliant student career at the William Ponty...
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Barnabas Root (1846-1877) was a Sherbro who received Western education at the Mende Mission school. He went on to study divinity in the United States...
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Rifa’ Ah Rafi Al-Tahtawi (1801-73), the first intellectual reformer of modern Egypt and father of modern Arabic literature, was born at Tahta, Upper Egypt in...
Benjamin William Quartequaye Quartey-Papafio (June 25, 1859-September 14, 1924) served the Gold Coast administration as a medical officer from 1888-1905. Barred from promotion on...
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Nana Sir Osei Tutu Agyeman Otumfuo Prempeh II (1892- May 27, 1970) was Asantehene (ruler of Asante) from 1935-1970, defending the institutions of traditional rule...
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Nana Agyemang Prempeh I (circa 1872-1931) was the Asantehene (ruler of the Asante) from 1888-1931. His reign was perhaps the most dramatic, the most eventful...
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Kwesi Plange (October 25, 1925-April 28, 1953) was a teacher and politician, who played an important role in Gold Coast politics during the last four...
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George Padmore (1903-September 23, 1959), born Malcolm Ivan Meredith Nurse, called the “father of African emancipation”, was one of a number of talented West Indians...
