African History

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Barclay Edwin James, 1882-1955, nephew of Arthur Barclay, was the seventeenth president of the Republic of Liberia. His election as President in 1930 was of...

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Antonio de Oliveira Cadornega was the chronicler of the seventeenth–century Angolan Wars. He arrived in Angola in 1639 as a soldier, and forty years later,...

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Diouf Galandou (1875-1941) was a Senegalese politician born in Saint-Louis on September 14, 1875. He belonged to one of those ancient families of Saint-Louis slave...

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Marian Ewurama Addy (7 February 1942 – 14 January 2014) born Marian Ewurama Cole was a Ghanaian biochemist and the first Ghanaian woman to attain...

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A HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), formerly known as Zaire, is located in Central Africa. To the north, it is bordered by...

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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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Cetshwayo (circa 1826-February 8, 1884) was the fourth Zulu king and the last independent ruler of Zululand. He reigned from 1873-1979. He was a strong...

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