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Afawarq Gabra Iyasus (July 10, 1868-September 25, 1947), writer, poet and diplomat, was the author of Lebb wallad Tarik (“story Born out of Fantasy”) (1908), which...
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Muhammad Hanfari (18?-circa 1902) was the dominant leader of the southern Afar (Danakil), a nomadic people inhabiting the Afar (Danakil) Desert of northeast Ethiopia, from...
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Emperor Haile Selassie (July 23, 1892-August 27,1975), born Tafari Makonnen, held power for some 50 years and ruled as emperor from 1930-74. During the Italian...
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Lej Hailemariam Mammo (1909-June 6, 1938) was a Patriot of the Ethiopian resistance to the Italian occupation of (1936-1941) and was famed for his courage....
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George Alfred Grant (August 15, 1878 – October 30, 1956), one of the prosperous merchants of his day, was the first president of the United...
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Julius Gulama (1893-March 8, 1951) was a paramount chief of Kaiyimba in Moyamba district who played a prominent part in developing education and political awareness...
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Gaki Sherocho (1865-1919) or Chinito, was the last King of Kaffa, in what is now southwest Ethiopia, ruling from 1890-1897. He was the 19th ruler of...
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Ngqika (Gaika) (circa 1776-1829) was the paramount chief of the Rarabe Xhosa during a period of power struggle. Ngqika came to the chieftainship of the...
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Francis Fawundu (18? – circa 1920) was ruler of Mano Gbonjeima, a chiefdom near the coast in southern Sierra Leone from 1893 – 1898 and...
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Ernest Samuel Beoku-Betts (March 15, 1895 – September 23, 1957) was one of the most outstanding Krio (Creole) liberals of his time. As one of...
