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Thomas Pringle (January 5, 1789-December 5, 1834) was a poet and essayist whose powerful writings about the Africans of the Eastern Cape found practical expression...
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Gustav Schoeman Preller, journalist, historian and proponent of Afrikaans (October 4, 1875-October 6, 1943), was also one of the founders of the Afrikaans Language Society....
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Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje (circa 1876-June 19, 1932) was a distinguished South African writer and nationalist. He served as the first secretary general of the African...
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Sarah Gertrude Millin (March 1889-July 6, 1968) left Lithuania for South Africa at the age of five months during a time of Jewish emigration as...
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Reverend Jonas A. Ntsiko (c1860-1915) was a poet, a hymn composer and a catechist who became famous as a literary commentator in the pages of...
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Ethelred Nathaniel Jones (June 28, 1884-March 29, 1954) who from the 1920s, onwards also used the name Laminah Sankoh, was one of the most outstanding...
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Autshumayo (?-1663), also referred to as Harry, Herry, or Hadah in European documentary sources, was originally a member of the Stockless Khoi, who lived in...
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Joseph Claudius May (August 14, 1845-October 14, 1902), a talented Methodist preacher and educator, was the first principal of the Wesleyan Boys High School, Freetown,...
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Kofi Ghanaba (May 4, 1923 – December 22, 2008) was a pioneering Ghanaian musician, percussionist, broadcaster, journalist, and author. Born Warren Gamaliel Harding Akwei in...
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John C. Shorunkey-Sawyerr (January 3, 1863-May 29, 1929) was a successful Krio (Creole) businessman and lawyer, partner to his elder and more flamboyant brother Alfred....
