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Kwaku Dua II (circa 1860-June 10, 1884), ruled as Asantehene for 44 days in 1884. Known earlier as Agyeman Kofi, he was the son of...
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Kwaku Dua I (circa 1797-April 27, 1867) ruled as Asantehene from 1834-67. Upon coming to power, he proclaimed Asante policy as being “Peace, Trade, and...
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Lieutenant-General Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka (October 26, 1926 – April 17, 1967) was the soldier who led the coup which overthrew the administration of President Kwame...
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Sir Kobina Arku Korsah (April 3, 1894 – January 25, 1967), was the first African chief justice of the Gold Coast (1956-57), and the first...
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Seretse Khama (July 1, 1921-July 13 1980) was a center of a political storm in 1950 when the British Government exiled him from the Bechuanaland...
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Kaiyamba (who flourished in the mid-19th century), was a powerful Mende warrior and the founder of Moyamba, 96 km (60 mi) east-southeast of Freetown, which...
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Leul-Ras Kassa Haylu (August 7, 1881 – November 16, 1956) was a 20th Century governor, military commander, imperial councillor, and author. His father, Dajazmach Haylu...
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John Kabes [c.1670-1734] of Komenda [Eguafo], a trading port 15 mi [24km] west of Cape Coast, was ruler of Kabeskrom (literally “Kabes Town” a township...
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Thomas Freeman Edward Jones (1851-July 18, 1924) was a prosperous Cape Coast merchant, an early nationalist, and a founding member of the Aborigines’ Right...
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Aba Jefar II (1861-1932) was the fifth and most important King of Jimma, a Muslim state in south-western Ethiopia, which he ruled from 1878 to...
