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Malcolm Raymond Dunford Mseleku (December 8, 1912-January 1961) was a Zulu poet and storyteller whose works were published in Zulu language journals and newspapers. He...

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Lieutenant John Clarkson (1763-1828) brought more than 1,100 North American freedmen from Nova Scotia to Sierra Leone, and became first governor of the Sierra Leone...

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Charles J. Mpanza (November 26, 1896-April 22, 1960) was a teacher, author and pioneer Zulu broadcaster. He came from a Christian family which wielded significant...

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 John Farrell Easmon (June 30, 1856- June 9, 1900), was a distinguished Sierra Leonean doctor who was chief medical officer of the Gold Coast from...

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Leo Marquard (June 18, 1897-March 27 1974) was a distinguished teacher and historian, and an influential liberal who was one of the founders of the...

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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...

Editor’s Note

This website features a collection of articles largely from previously published volumes of the Encyclopaedia Africana, specifically the Encyclopaedia Africana Dictionary of African Biography, which highlights notable individuals from various regions of Africa. Please note that in these volumes, some names of people, towns, and countries were spelled differently than they are today. We have retained these historical spellings to preserve the integrity of the original publications. In some instances, the current spellings are also provided for easy reference.
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