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Revolutionaries, Statesmen & Traditional Rulers

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Manga Sewa (who flourished in the 19th century) was a powerful ruler in northern Sierra Leone, with many commercial links with northern peoples both in...

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Nabiembali (circa 1815-1860), expanded and ruled the Mangbetu state when its power was at its zenith. Located on the Bomolandi River, a tributary of the...

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Petrus Jacobus Joubert (January 20, 1831-March 27, 1900) was one of the most important military and political leaders in the independent South African Republic (Transvaal)....

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Phuthi Chief from Basutoland, Moorosi (circa 1790s-1879) was the first chief to rebel against Cape rule when the Cape Colony annexed Basutoland in 1869. The...

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Chief Lebua Jonathan (October 30, 1914-April 5, 1987), prime minister of Lesotho for the first 20 years after independence was gained in 1966, was a...

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Jan Willem Janssens (October 12, 1762-May 23, 1838) was governor and military commander of the Cape from 1802 to 1806, during the era in which...

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Sir Samuel Lewis (November 13, 1843-July 9, 1903), barrister and member of the Sierra Leone Legislative Council for more than 29 years, was the leading...

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Daniel Flickinger Wilberforce (1856-1927), paramount chief of Imperi, was the first Christian pastor to become a chief. He was educated mainly in the United States...

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David Lansana (March 27, 1922-July 19, 1975) was the first Sierra Leonean to be commissioned into the Royal (now Republic of) Sierra Leone Military Forces,...

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Ngand a Bilond (circa 1700-circa 1750) was responsible for consolidating and extending the Lunda empire in both the Lualaba River and the Lake Mweru areas...

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This website features a collection of articles largely from previously published volumes of the Encyclopaedia Africana, specifically the Encyclopaedia Africana Dictionary of African Biography, which highlights notable individuals from various regions of Africa. Please note that in these volumes, some names of people, towns, and countries were spelled differently than they are today. We have retained these historical spellings to preserve the integrity of the original publications. In some instances, the current spellings are also provided for easy reference.
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