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Thomas George Lawson (circa 1814-June 1891) was a chief’s son who became the first official interpreter and messenger operating between the colonial administration and the...
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Tetteh Quarshie (1842-1892) is acknowledged to be the man who made cocoa cultivation a prosperous industry in the Gold Coast (now Ghana), and so laid...
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Sir Charles William Tachie-Menson (1889 – October 17, 1962), who had a distinguished career in public service, was the first African Chairman of the Public...
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Togbi Sri II (1862-1956) was the Awoamefia (paramount chief) of Anlo for nearly 50 years (1907-1956). He distinguished himself as an innovator and as a...
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Sitobu, who flourished around 1450, was the first Ya Na (paramount chief) of the kingdom of Dagomba in what is now northeastern Ghana which he...
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Aaron Belisarius Cosimo Sibthorpe (circa 1840-June 20, 1916) was the first historian of Sierra Leone. He was probably brought to Sierra Leone as a boy,...
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Alfred James Shorunkeh-Sawyerr (circa 1861-May 18, 1929), bookseller, printer, journalist, and eventually practicing lawyer, was a forceful and outspoken participant in public affairs in the...
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Shaka, (circa 1787-September 12, 1828) was the founder of the Zulu nation and a social and military innovator. The exact date of his birth is...
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Jacob Wilson Sey (1832-May 22,1902) was a wealthy Gold Coast merchant who flourished in the latter part of the 19th century. He was the first president...
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Nana Ansa Sasraku I (16? – 1689) was the ruler of Akwamu, a Twi speaking state in what is now south-eastern Ghana. He built it...
