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Alfred Milner [subsequently First Viscount] (March 23, 1854-May 13, 1925), was one of the leading British colonial statesmen and administrators and architect of a unified...
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The Koks were a leading Griqua family, of mixed European and Khoisan descent, who flourished, especially near the confluence of the Orange and Vaal Rivers,...
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Lukas Johannes Meyer (Meijer) “The Lion of Vryheid,” (November 19, 1846-August 8, 1902) was a general, president of the Volksraad, and prominent military and political...
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Alimamy Rassin (circa 1825-1890), chief of Mafonda, was that rarity among leaders, a resolute champion of peace. Remarkable in any age, his opposition to violence...
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Wembo Nyama (circa 1870-July 28, 1940) began his career as an auxiliary of the great slave-trader Ngongo Leteta. Later, he became a faithful ally of...
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Ethelred Nathaniel Jones (June 28, 1884-March 29, 1954) who from the 1920s, onwards also used the name Laminah Sankoh, was one of the most outstanding...
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Momoh Sankoh (?-circa 1890) was a leading member of the Soso Sankoh clan who made several determined but unsuccessful attempts to regain the rulership of...
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Frederic Adolphus Miller (July 2, 1862-October 1, 1943) was a civil servant who took an active part in West African politics in later life. A...
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Marlay Bokari (circa 1800-circa 1900) was ruler over the Mara clan of the Koranko in Sierra Leone in the second half of the 19th century...
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King Moshoeshoe, or Mosweshwe (born 1786, died March 1, 1870), was initially a minor chief of one of the Sotho-speaking people when he began his...
