Heroes and Heroines

Barney Barnato (July 5, 1852-June 14 1897), British-born, became a South African pioneer mining magnate and politician. He was born in the East End of...

Charles Edward Woolhouse Bannerman (October 12, 1884-November 10, 1943) was the first African to become a judge of the Supreme Court of the Gold Coast. ...

Balcha (1862-November 5, 1936) was a famous Ethiopian military leader and provincial governor of unknown parentage. He came from Gurage province. He was castrated and...

Sir Abe Bailey (November 6, 1864-August 10, 1940) was a South African financier and politician. He was born in Cape Town, son of a wool...

Pietro Badoglio (September 28, 1871 – November 1, 1956), an Italian general and statesmen was the first viceroy of Ethiopia during the Italian occupation (1936...

Nana Attafua (18? – September 1927) contributed to the economic and social progress of Akyem Kotoku state, located about 45 mi (72 km) north-north-northwest of...

Na Atabia (16? -1741) was the 17th Nayiri (paramount chief) of Mamprusi, in what is now northeastern Ghana, who reigned for more than half a century...

Yaa Asantewaa (1840-1921), the queen mother of Edweso (Ejisu) state, one of the component states of the Asante Union, located 10 mi (16km) east of...

Kwamina Ansa, (late 15th century), or Caramansa, was the leading stool-holder of Elmina, an Akan fishing hamlet that became the first European trading beach on...

Ali Alula (1818-1866) was Ras (High Commander) and ruler of most of central and northern Ethiopia from 1831-1853. He belonged to an originally Muslim Galla...