Political Leaders, Statemen & Traditional Rulers

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,...

Robert Hutchison (June 23, 1828- June 13, 1863) was a wealthy merchant, the first mayor of Cape Coast, and an African unofficial member of the...

Ntim Gyakari (about 1670 to November 1701) was Denkyerahene (ruler of Denkyera) from about 1692 to 1701. Having provoked a war with the Asante states,...

Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford (September 28, 1866- August 11, 1930), writer, journalist, politician, and lawyer, helped to lay the foundations of a united Gold Coast,...

Sir Herbert Samuel Olayinka Heelas Badmus Macaulay (1864-1946) was a Nigerian nationalist and politician, surveyor, engineer, architect, journalist and musician. He was born on the...

Leon Chefneux (1853 – 1927) was a French trader and adventurer who helped Menelik II [reigned 1889 -1913] in some of his business and diplomatic dealings...

Francis Chapman Grant (1825-1908), a prominent figure in the Fante Confederation of 1868-1873, and a member of the Gold Coast Legislative Council, was one of...

Ghartey IV (c. 1820-July 30, 1897), was King (Odefa) of Winneba, the port 35 miles (56 km) west of Accra, from 1872-97. He was also...

Na Gbewa (“Na” meaning paramount chief), or Bawa, the common historical ancestor of the founders of the Mamprusi, Mossi, and Dagomba states of what is...

William Hughes (18?-1898) was the first African to be appointed as assistant district commissioner when the interior of Sierra Leone was declared a British Protectorate...