African History Encyclopaedia

Emil Solomon Sachs (died 1976) was the General Secretary of the South African Garment Workers’ Union, a non-racial organization, for 24 years, and a leader,...

Walter Rubusana (February 21, 1858-April 19, 1936) was one of the most prominent Africans of his day, gaining distinction in the fields of religion, literature,...

Edward R. Roux (1903-March 1966), a prominent member of the Communist Party of South Africa in the 1920s and 1930s and a professional botanist, is...

Sir James Rose-Innes (January 8, 1855-January 6, 1942), a white English-speaking South African, was a lawyer, journalist and politician who was attached to the school...

Cecil John Rhodes (July 5, 1853-March 26, 1902) was a visionary forward-looking imperialist whose personal career was to have an immense impact on the history...

Ntim Gyakari (about 1670 to November 1701) was Denkyerahene (ruler of Denkyera) from about 1692 to 1701. Having provoked a war with the Asante states,...

Gosia Murad (circa 1596-circa 1702), also called Morad, Murat, or Amurat, was a Chrstian Armenian, born in Aleppo, Syria. In a diplomatic and commercial capacity,...

Werner Muzinger (1832-November 13, 1875) was a Swiss scholar who was prominent in northeast African politics in the 1860s and 1870s. During this period he...

Ras Mulugeta Yegazu (1865-February 17, 1936) was an influential noble at the court of Emperor Menilek II  [reigned 1889-1913], was one of the ministers in...

Muhammad Abd Es-Shakur was emir of Harar from 1856-75. Previously a sheikh, he had seized power on the death of the last emir of the...