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Ngemba (circa 1820-September, 1886), also known as Mata-Boike, was a famous warrior-leader of the Iboko and Mabale people, living at Makanza on the Zaire (now...
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Ngaliema (circa 1850-circa 1900), a former slave, rose to become the richest and most powerful merchant at Malebo Pool (formerly Stanley Pool) in the late...
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Ngand a Bilond (circa 1700-circa 1750) was responsible for consolidating and extending the Lunda empire in both the Lualaba River and the Lake Mweru areas...
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Paramount Chief Lamboi (circa 1860-December 26, 1917) was the last ruler of the Kpaa-Mende state before it followed the fate of other pre-colonial states and...
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Kpowamoh-ei-Nepo (late 19th century), meaning literally “mad man cannot be coaxed,” was the leader of the Tongo Players, a famous Mende institution that used savage...
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Mushid a Nambing (circa 1856-1907), son of Mwant Yav (Lunda ruler) Mbumb Muteb a Kat (ruled 1874-83) and of Nambing, assumed political prominence after the...
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Mungembe (circa 1870-1949) worked as an agent of the Belgian colonial power to bring government control and administrative order to the politically decentralised peoples living...
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Khama III (Khama the Good, also Khama the Great) (c1837-February 21, 1923) was chief of the Bamangwato and eldest of the 16 sons of Sekgoma...
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Kgari (?-c1826), son of Chief Kgama I, assumed the chieftainship over the Ngwato (Bomangwato) of what is now Botswana in about 1817. This was during...
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Kpana Lewis (18?-circa 1912) was the last Bai Sherbro or ruler of the Sherbro state. A leading member of the powerful Poro society, he defied...
