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The Rev. Samuel Richard Brew Attoh-Ahuma (December 22, 1863-December 15, 1921) was a nationalist politician, journalist, and author, active at the height of the colonial...
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Anton Wilhelm Amo (about 1703-March 3, 1756) achieved fame in Europe as a scholar and philosopher, lecturing at three universities in central Europe. He was...
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Cornelis Jacob Langenhoven (August 12, 1873-July 15, 1932) was a writer, journalist, and politician, but above all fighter for the rights of the Afrikaans language....
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Nicolaas Petrus Van Wyk Louw (1906-1970), the foremost Afrikaans poet, essayist and dramatist, was born in Sutherland, Cape Province. He received his education both there...
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Roy Campbell (October 2, 1901-April 22, 1957) was a South African poet and writer. His vigorous verse was in marked contrast to the introverted literary...
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Joseph Kiwele (1912-November 15, 1961) was a leading musician, educator, and politician in the Katanga Province (now Shaba Region). Born at Mpala 0 km (12...
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Christopher Gell (November 8, 1917-May 28, 1958) a stringent and effective critic of apartheid in South Africa, campaigned against it from within the confines of...
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Magema ka Magwaza Fuze (1845-1922) wrote the first book to appear in print by any Zulu author, titled Abantu abanyama lapha bavela nakhona (“Black People:...
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Johannes Gysbert Kotzé [Sir John Gilbert] (November 11, 1849-April 1, 1940), lawyer and judge, was intimately involved in the judicial and political affairs of the...
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Johann Gottlieb Christaller (November 19, 1827-December 16, 1895) was a German missionary and philologist with the Basel Mission who made Twi the most important African...
