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Louis Botha (September 27, 1862-August 27, 1919) was a South African statesman and soldier. He was the first prime minister of the Union of South...
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Sir George Grey (April 14, 1812-September 19, 1898) was the British governor of Cape Colony and British high commissioner for South Africa from 1854-61. The...
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Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere (March 29, 1815-May 29, 1884) was a British imperial administrator. After a long and distinguished career in India, he served...
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George Eskem Ferguson (July 14, 1864 – April 7, 1897), a Fante surveyor who, in the later years of the 19th century, worked for the...
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Jacobus Eliza Johannes Capitein (c. 1717- February 1747) was one of the pioneers of formal education on the Gold Coast. He was probably a Fante,...
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George Kuntu Blankson (1809-August 23, 1898) was an outstanding 19th-century Gold Coast merchant, as well as a soldier, a skilled negotiator, and the first African...
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Jacobus Nicolas Boshof (January 31, 1808-April 21, 1881) was an advocate of the Natal Voortrekkers (ie. Afrikaner pioneer settlers) and played a strong organisational role...
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Abraham Fischer (April 9, 1850-November 13, 1943), prime minister of the Orange River Colony from 1907-10, was considered a capable diplomat and a moderate influence....
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Frederick Gordon Guggisberg (July 20, 1869-April 21, 1930) was the most famous of the British governors of the Gold Coast (term of office, 1919-27). His...
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Edmund Bannerman (1832-April 19, 1903) – known as the ‘Boss of Tarkwa’ – was a civil servant, journalist, and politician who made his mark on...
