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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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John Sarbah (c. 1834-1892), father of John Mensah Sarbah, the nationalist lawyer, was one of the most prosperous African merchants on the Gold Coast in...
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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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Osei Kwame (circa 1764-1803) was Asantehene from 1777-98. While his reign would seem to have been efficient and enlightened, he was finally unable to overcome...
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Okai Koi (circa 1610-June 20, 1660), the sixth king of Accra (ruled 1643-1660) was a prominent figure in coastal trade and politics in the 17th...
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Osei Bonsu (1779-1824) was the seventh Asantehene, and the greatest of the 19th-century Asante warrior kings. He was born in 1779, and in 1800 succeeded...
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Nana Ofori Kuma II (June 13, 1879 -June 17, 1954), or Bernard Ofosu Apea Koranteng, was the first barrister to become an Omanhane (paramount chief)...
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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...
