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Atsme Giyorgis (1821-1914) a historian of the Galla or Oromo people, was one of the few Ethiopian authors during the reign of Emperor Menilek (1889-1914). Atsme...
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Foday Tarawaly (circa 1780s-1880s), chief of Gbile (Billeh), a town on the Great Scarcies River, opposite Kambia, in northern Sierra Leone, was an Islamic scholar,...
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Ferdinand Kwasi Fiawoo (December 1891-1969) was an Ewe playwright, educator, and politician who became prominent in the middle decades of the 20th century. He was...
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McCormack Charles Farrell Easmon (April 11, 1890 – April 30, 1972) was a medical officer who for many years combated racial discrimination in the Sierra...
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Sir Salako Ambrosius Benka-Coker (June 16, 1900-December 7, 1965) was the first Sierra Leonean to become Chief Justice, serving from 1960 to 1963. The son...
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Charles Edward Woolhouse Bannerman (October 12, 1884-November 10, 1943) was the first African to become a judge of the Supreme Court of the Gold Coast. ...
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Joseph Kwame Kyeretwie Boakye Danquah (December 21, 1895 – February 4, 1965), lawyer, scholar, author, and patriot, became the dean of Ghana’s politicians. He was...








