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Writers, Scholars & Scientists

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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...

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Sydney Brenner (1927–2019) was a South African-born biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his groundbreaking work in molecular biology and genetics. Sydney Brenner, biologist/geneticist...

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The 1951 Nobel Prize for medicine or physiology was awarded to South African physician and microbiologist Max Theiler for his discoveries concerning yellow fever and...

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Kofi Atta Annan (April 8, 1938 – August 18, 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat and international statesman who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the...

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Raphael Alaver (1898- May 18, 1964), head of the Church of the Holy Spirit (Mpeve) of Esieme, led an important post-independence uprising in the Kwilu...

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Abba Gabra Mikael (1791-August 28, 1855), a 19th-century Ethiopian ecclesiastic and scholar, became a convert to Catholicism, and was put to death for his faith...

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Malcolm Raymond Dunford Mseleku (December 8, 1912-January 1961) was a Zulu poet and storyteller whose works were published in Zulu language journals and newspapers. He...

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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