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Chibind Yirung (folk hero, who may have flourished circa the 17th century), the reputed founder of the Lunda (Aruund) state, is described by tradition as...
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Armah (7th century AD), ruler of the Aksumite kingdom, was one of the wisest and most important rulers in the earlier history of Ethiopia. He...
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Francis William Reitz (October 5, 1844-March 27, 1934) is not as well known a figure as Paul Kruger or M.T. Steyn. Reitz, nevertheless, made a...
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Marthinus Theunis Steyn (October 2, 1857-November 28, 1916) was Chief Justice and last State President of the Orange Free State (O.F.S.). Born on the farm...
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Jan Christiaan Smuts (May 24, 1870-September 11, 1950), statesman, soldier and philosopher, was born at Bovenplaats, near Riebeek West in the Cape Colony. After graduating...
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Dusu Sori (circa 1840-circa March 15 or 16, 1940), was ruler of the Dembelia-Musaia chiefdom in north-eastern Sierra Leone from about 1881 to 1940, except...
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Alimamy Dura I (later 19th century-September 14, 1946) was paramount chief of Safroko Limba, a former chiefdom under the Biriwa Limba in northern Sierra Leone....
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Dalla Modu (circa 1770-1841) was for many years an intermediary between the British in Freetown and the chiefs of the hinterland, coming to wield great...
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Eustace Henry Taylor Cummings (December 7, 1890 June 16, 1967), a distinguished doctor and educationist, was Mayor of Freetown from 1948-54. He was the son...
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Andrew Murray Jr. (Graaff-Reinet May 9, 1828- January 18, 1917), minister of the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (N.G.K.), theologian, writer and educator, was the second of...
