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Bakaffa (1694-September 19, 1730) was emperor of Ethiopia from 1721-30. A shrewd ruler, he consolidated the power of the monarchy. His Christian name was Atsma-Giyorgis,...
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Bafana (circa 1834-1887? was the wife (1865-83) of King Menilek of Shawa, who later became Emperor Menilek II [ruled 1889-1913]. Backed by Emperor Yohannes IV [reigned...
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Koli Tenguelle, a leading Fulani warrior and conqueror, was the founder of the Deniankobe dynasty which ruled the Futa-Toro (the valley of the Senegal River)...
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Gueye Lamine (1891-1968) was a lawyer, teacher, magistrate and the most outstanding politician in “French-speaking” Tropical Africa from 1945 until his death. He was deputy...
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Thomas E. Beysolow (1857-1949), jurist educator, author, reformer and renowned Liberian sociologist, was born at Gohn, Konneh, Ground Cape Mount County, a grandson of the...
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Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832-1912), a noted Africanist, was born of free parents on the island of St. Thomas, the Virgin Islands. He was of pure...
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Emmanuel Charles Quist (May 21, 1880 – February 28, 1959) was president of the Gold Coast Legislative Council from 1949-50, and Speaker of the Ghana...
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Benson Stephen Allen (1816-1865) was born in the State of Maryland in the United States of America in 1816 and migrated to Liberia in 1822....
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Faulkner Thomas J.R. (1870-1942) was born in the state of North Carolina, U.S.A., and migrated to Liberia as a young man. He was educated in...
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Gabriel Lafayette Dennis (1896-1954) son of Edward and Johnette Dennis was born in Monrovia and educated at the College of West Africa. Later he went...
