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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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Nukwase Ndwandwe (circa 1890-September 15, 1957) was installed as Indlovukati (queen mother) in August 1938 upon the death of her full sister, Lomawa Ndwandwe, the...
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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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Ndlambe (circa 1740-1828), a Xhosa of the Eastern Cape, was regent of the Rarabe Xhosa from 1787-96 and founder of the breakaway Ndlambe Xhosa. Ndlambe...
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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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During the early 1800s Matiwane (d. 1829) was chief of the Ngwaneni, “The Nomads of Wrath,” who lived in the foothills of the Drakensberg Range...
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Makhanda (sometimes called Makana), also known as Nxele (the left-handed), lived from about 1790 to 1820 and was a skillful Xhosa military leader, orator, philosopher,...
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Gerhardus Marthinus Maritz (March 1797-September 23, 1838), also known as Gert Maritz, was one of the courageous organisers and leaders of the Great Trek, the...
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Maqoma (1796 – September 9, 1873), who figured prominently in the frontier history of Cape Colony, is reputed to have been the most intelligent of...
