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Ras Gugsa Wale (April 1877-March 31, 1930) was a provincial governor, a military leader, and one of the most enlightened persons among the Ethiopian nobility...
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Dalindyebo (1865-1920) was a modernist nkosi (traditional ruler) of the Abathembu people in the Transkei region of Eastern Cape Province from 1885 to 1920. An...
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John Dunn (1833-1895), an English trader from Natal, settled in Zululand, and was made a Zulu chief by Cetshwayo in 1856. Later, when the British invaded...
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Queen Gudit, who flourished in the 10th century, and who was also known as Yodit, Judith, and Esato (“The Fire”), was a non-Christian rebel leader...
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John Francis Cradock (August 12, 1762-July 6, 1839) was governor of the Cape Colony from 1811 to 1814. As governor he ordered the military against...
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Patrick Baker Duncan (June 1918 – June 4, 1967), born into the South African white liberal tradition, was unique in terms of his close association...
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Dingiswayo (circa the 1770s- 1818) was a northern Nguni leader who is credited with the development of the age-regiment system of tribal army organisation. This...
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Ras Alula Qubi (1827-1897) was a distinguished general of Yohannes IV [reigned 1872-89], and a staunch supporter of his heir to the throne, Mangasha Yohannes....
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Dlamini I (circa 15th century), also called Matalatala, was the founder of the Nkosi Dlamini, the royal house of Swaziland (Now Eswatini). He was a...
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Dinuzulu (Dinizulu), (circa 1868-October 18, 1913), Zulu king from 1884-87 ruled over a divided Zululand in the aftermath of the destruction of the Zulu empire...
