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Sir James Henley Coussey (March 10, 1895-June 6, 1958), the first African judge to be appointed straight from the Bar without becoming a colonial magistrate,...
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Erasmus Awuku Asamoa (April 19, 1910-1965), an educationist and a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, advocated the use of African languages in the...
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Nicholas Timothy Clerk (1862-August 16, 1961) was an African-born missionary who engaged in pioneer work with the Basel Mission in what is now southeastern Ghana....
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Sir Edward Okyere Asafu-Adjaye (1903-February 27, 1976), the first Asante lawyer, was also a politician and diplomat, and became Ghana’s first High Commissioner to the...
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Cheikh Anta Diop was born in Diourbel, Senegal, on December 23, 1933, to a Muslim Wolof family. Part of the peasant class, his family belonged...
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Yared (who lived in the 6th century) was a scholar, musician, and ecclesiastic who was a formative influence on the cultural life of Ethiopia, and...
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Warqnah Ishete (October 22, 1865-19?), a statesman, author, and Ethiopia‘s first modern-trained physician, was a progressive influence in education, health, and economic development in the...
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Giuseppe Sapeto (1811-August 24, 1895) was an Italian Lazarist missionary (i.e. a member of the mission to the poor founded in Paris in 1625 by...
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The Rev. David Asante (December 23, 1834-October 13, 1892), a missionary with the famous Basel (Lutheran) Mission, helped to make Twi the powerful literary language...
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He was born in 1827, and was one of the eldest sons of Fredua Agyeman (as he was then known) by his marriage to a...
