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Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston (August 19, 1898 – January 11, 1969), after a distinguished legal career, became the first Sierra Leonean to become governor-general, a...
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Bambafara (circa 1830s-July 7, 1921) was the ruler from the 1870s to 1921 of Nieni, today a chiefdom in the Koinadugu District in northeastern Sierra...
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Ebeya Eugéne (1919- February 5, 1964), lieutenant colonel and chief of staff of the Armée Nationale Congolaise (A.N.C.), was the most notable casualty of the...
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Emile Adolphe Disengomoka (March 31, 1915- March 15, 1965), educator, civic leader, and novelist, was the first Congolese to receive his Régent Litéraire which is...
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Bokari Bombolai (18?-circa 1898) was Bai Kompa (ruler) of Koya, the Temne chiefdom to the east of Freetown, from 1890-98. He also added the name...
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Mara Balansama (mid-18th century?-1830s?), was a ruler of Barawa, a Koranko chiefdom in what is now part of the Nieni chiefdom in the Koinadugu district...
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Bambatha (circa 1865-1906), chief of the Zondi, a small branch of the Zulu people, was the leader of the 1906 Zulu revolt in Natal, also...
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Marthinus Wessel Pretorius born in the Graaf-Reinet District (September 17, 1819-May 19, 1901), was president of the South African Republic (Transvaal) and the Orange Free...
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Bathoen I (1845-1910), also called Batweng, was chief of the Ngwaketse, one of the Tswana branch of the Sotho people of Botswana (formerly Bechuanaland). He...
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Mohlomi (died circa 1816), son of Monyane and chief of the Monaheng, is a central figure in the oral tradition of the present-day Lesotho, and...
