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Charles Henry Somerset (1767-1831) was British Governor of the Cape Colony from 1814-26. During his tenure, the Colonial office took steps to guarantee a permanent...
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Jan Christian Smuts (May 24, 1870-September 11, 1950), statesman, soldier and philosopher, was born at Bovenplaats, near Riebeek West in the Cape Colony. After graduating...
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Sir Henry George Wakelyn (“Harry”) Smith (June, 1787-October 12, 1860), a British general and governor of the Cape Colony, was born in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, England,...
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Sir Theophilus Shepstone (January 8, 1817-June 23, 1893) is credited with the construction of an administrative policy in both Natal and Zululand for the governance...
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Pixley ka Izaka Seme (circa 1880-1951) is best known as a co-founder of the present day African National Congress and the founder and publisher of...
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Sekhukhuni (circa 1810-August 13, 1882) was a Bapedi chief who, because of his resistance to both the Boers and the British, is regarded as one...
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Hastings Kamuzu Banda (c. 1898 — 1997) was the principal leader of Malawi’s nationalist movement, the architect of the country’s independence from British colonial rule,...
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Omar Bongo Ondimba (born Albert-Bernard Bongo; 30 December 1935 – 8 June 2009) was a Gabonese statesman who served as the second president of Gabon...
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Agostinho Neto (17 September 1922—10 September 1979), was an African liberation revolutionary, poet, physician, and politician who served as the first president (1975–1979) of the...
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Queen Amina of Zazzau (c. 1533 – c. 1610) was a legendary military leader and ruler of the Hausa city-state of Zazzau (present-day Zaria, Nigeria)....
