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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...
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Sumaila Ndewura Jakpa (circa 1600-1666) was, according to the most accessible and widely-known version of Gonja (Ngbanya) oral traditions, the conquering founder of the Gonja...
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Lej Iyasu Mikael (February 3, 1896-July (?) 1935), grandson of Emperor Menilek II [reigned 1889-1913], was the nominal ruler of Ethiopia from about 1909, when...
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Hayla Malakot Sahla Selassie (circa 1825-October 1855) was king of Shawa and the surrounding regions from 1847-55. He was succeeded by his son, who later...
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Muhammad Hanfari (18?-circa 1902) was the dominant leader of the southern Afar (Danakil), a nomadic people inhabiting the Afar (Danakil) Desert of northeast Ethiopia, from...
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Emperor Haile Selassie (July 23, 1892-August 27,1975), born Tafari Makonnen, held power for some 50 years and ruled as emperor from 1930-74. During the Italian...
