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Writers, Scholars & Scientists

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Hawa Abdi Dhiblawe (May 1947 – August 5, 2020) was a remarkable Somali physician, lawyer, and humanitarian whose life was devoted to saving lives and...

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Amal Bayou (C.1957 – 24 October 201) was a respected Libyan microbiologist, university professor, women’s rights advocate, and politician who became one of the most...

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Dominic Were Makawiti (4 August 1955 – 20 April 2018) was a distinguished Kenyan biochemist, educator, and university leader whose academic and administrative contributions helped...

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Tewfik El-Hakim (October 9, 1898 – July 26, 1987) was a giant of modern Arabic literature and widely regarded as the “father of modern Arabic drama.” He was...

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Sony Lab’ou Tansi (July 5, 1947 – June 14, 1995) was a prolific Congolese novelist, playwright, and poet who became one of the most innovative...

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Nathaniel Ndazana Nakasa (May 12, 1937 – July 14, 1965) was a distinguished South African journalist and writer who became a definitive voice against the...

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Benjamin William Kwapong (October 13, 1927 – November 4, 2014) was a distinguished Ghanaian academic, administrator, and public servant who served as the first African...

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Vincent Cyril Richard Arthur Charles Crabbe, widely known as V.C.R.A.C. Crabbe (October 29, 1923 – September 7, 2018), was one of Ghana’s most distinguished jurists,...

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Efua Theodora Sutherland (27 June 1924 – 2 January 1996), was a Ghanaian playwright, director, researcher, children’s author, poet, dramatist, educationist, child advocate, and cultural activist....

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Atukwei John Okai (March 15, 1941 – July 13, 2018), born John Atukwei Okai, was Ghana’s iconic poet, cultural activist, academic, and one of Africa’s...

Editor’s Note

This website features a collection of articles largely from previously published volumes of the Encyclopaedia Africana, specifically the Encyclopaedia Africana Dictionary of African Biography, which highlights notable individuals from various regions of Africa. Please note that in these volumes, some names of people, towns, and countries were spelled differently than they are today. We have retained these historical spellings to preserve the integrity of the original publications. In some instances, the current spellings are also provided for easy reference.
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