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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...












