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Revolutionaries, Statesmen & Traditional Rulers

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Kasongo Nyembo I, (circa 1860-1931) was the Mulopwe or chief of the Luba state during a period of great political, social, and economic upheaval. In...

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Dajazmach Gabra Selassé Barya Gabr (1872-October 14, 1930) was a warrior, governor, and counsellor of Emperor Menilek II. He came from an aristocratic family of...

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Dagadu III (18?-1925), also called Anku Dagadu, was chief of Kpandu, (an Ewe town on the left bank of the Volta River about 90 mi...

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Sir James Henley Coussey (March 10, 1895-June 6, 1958), the first African judge to be appointed straight from the Bar without becoming a colonial magistrate,...

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George Frank Cleland (1830-1887) was a Ga merchant, a justice of the peace, and an enlightened and popular divisional chief of James Town, Accra, who...

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Dajazmach Mangasha Jambaré (May 15, 1892-April 14, 1950) was one of the patriotic heroes of the resistance to the Italian occupation of Ethiopia (1936-41). Born...

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Raday, or Radet, who lived in the 16th century, was a chief of the Falasha, a people practising a form of Judaism in the rugged...

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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,...

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Gabru Dasta (1855-January 1950) was one of the few foreign-educated Ethiopians living during the reign of Emperor Menilek II  [reigned 1889-1913]. He served the emperor...

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Emmanuel Joseph Peter Brown (1875-May 1929) was a lawyer, journalist, and nationalist, and an author of talent. He would have merited recognition as an outstanding...

Editor’s Note

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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