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Archibald Campbell Jordan (October 30, 1906-October 20, 1968) was a brilliant poet, novelist and translator who wrote in Xhosa and English. His literary works deftly...
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Lillith Kakaza (circa 1885-1950) was the first Xhosa woman writer. She, with other authors, helped to develop Xhosa fiction in the second decade of the...
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Makanda Kabobi (March 16, 1940-September 25, 1972), was a scholar and teacher who became one of the most respected theoreticians in Zaire’s (now Congo) unique...
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Empress Eléni (147-April 1522), who reigned from 1468-78, was the wife of Emperor Ba’eda Maryam. She played an important role in Ethiopian history when, in...
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Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832-1912), a noted Africanist, was born of free parents on the island of St. Thomas, the Virgin Islands. He was of pure...
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Carl Christian Reindorf (May 31, 1834 – July 1 , 1917), an evangelical pastor, scholar, trader, physician, and historian, who worked with the Basel Mission,...
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Faulkner Thomas J.R. (1870-1942) was born in the state of North Carolina, U.S.A., and migrated to Liberia as a young man. He was educated in...
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Massaquoi Nathaniel Varney (1905-1962), Secretary of Education for the Republic of Liberia, 1957-1962. He was born in Gandima, Sierra Leone, on June 13, 1905, and...
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Nathaniel Henry Benedict Cassell (1872-1939), son of Thomas and Rachel Cassell, was educated at Cuttington College and Divinity School, and Liberia College, and was ordained...
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Dempster Roland Tombekai (December 9, 1910 – September 24, 1965), author, member of the House of Representatives, eminent scholar, Professor of Latin and World Literature....
