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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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Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston (August 19, 1898 – January 11, 1969), after a distinguished legal career, became the first Sierra Leonean to become governor-general, a...
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Bambafara (circa 1830s-July 7, 1921) was the ruler from the 1870s to 1921 of Nieni, today a chiefdom in the Koinadugu District in northeastern Sierra...
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Lilian Masediba Ngoyi (1911-March 12, 1980) was president of the Federation of South African Women and, in 1956, the first woman to be elected to...
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Bokari Bombolai (18?-circa 1898) was Bai Kompa (ruler) of Koya, the Temne chiefdom to the east of Freetown, from 1890-98. He also added the name...
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Nukwase Ndwandwe (circa 1890-September 15, 1957) was installed as Indlovukati (queen mother) in August 1938 upon the death of her full sister, Lomawa Ndwandwe, the...
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Nicholas Julius George Ballanta-Taylor (1893-1962) was a musicologist, organist, and composer. He was born in Freetown and educated at the local Church Missionary Society (C.M.S.)...
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Mara Balansama (mid-18th century?-1830s?), was a ruler of Barawa, a Koranko chiefdom in what is now part of the Nieni chiefdom in the Koinadugu district...
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John Knox Bokwe (March 15, 1855-February 22, 1922) was a Xhosa missionary, educator, and musician who played a role in the foundation in 1916 of...
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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...
