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Tiyo Soga (circa 1829-August 12, 1871) was the first ordained African minister in South Africa. He translated part of the Bible and other works into...
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John Henderson Soga (February 10, 1860-March 18, 1941) was a Xhosa minister, translator, historian, and ethnographer, whose works remain relevant in the mid-1980s. The son...
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Jan Christian Smuts (May 24, 1870-September 11, 1950), statesman, soldier and philosopher, was born at Bovenplaats, near Riebeek West in the Cape Colony. After graduating...
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Pixley ka Izaka Seme (circa 1880-1951) is best known as a co-founder of the present day African National Congress and the founder and publisher of...
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Hastings Kamuzu Banda (c. 1898 — 1997) was the principal leader of Malawi’s nationalist movement, the architect of the country’s independence from British colonial rule,...
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Agostinho Neto (17 September 1922—10 September 1979), was an African liberation revolutionary, poet, physician, and politician who served as the first president (1975–1979) of the...
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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...
