African History Encyclopaedia

Osei Bonsu (1779-1824) was the seventh Asantehene, and the greatest of the 19th-century Asante warrior kings. He was born in 1779, and in 1800 succeeded...

Nana Ofori Kuma II (June 13, 1879 -June 17, 1954), or Bernard Ofosu Apea Koranteng, was the first barrister to become an Omanhane (paramount chief)...

Massaquoi Nathaniel Varney (1905-1962), Secretary of Education for the Republic of Liberia, 1957-1962. He was born in Gandima, Sierra Leone, on June 13, 1905, and...

Dempster Roland Tombekai (December 9, 1910 – September 24, 1965), author, member of the House of Representatives, eminent scholar, Professor of Latin and World Literature....

Joseph Jenkins Roberts, (1809-1876) businessman, soldier, educator, and statesman, was born on March 15, 1809, in Norfolk, Virginia, and migrated to Liberia in 1892. As...

Alfred John Ocansey (1879-September, 1943) was a pioneer businessman, newspaper proprietor, and nationalist politician. The first to introduce the cinema, and other innovations, to the...

Joseph Fulton Dunbar was born in the city of Greenville, Sinoe County in Liberia on May 12, 1874. His parents were George Augustus and Jerusha...

When the colony of Liberia came into existence in 1822, its early days were fraught with hardships and poor leadership. The first leader to emerge...

Kusi Obodum (ruled 1750-64), sometimes called Kwasi Obodum, was an 18th-century king of Asante who, although reputedly peace-loving by disposition, led Asante in a war...

Solomon Edmund Odamtten (1897-June 12, 1967) combined a successful career in commerce with active participation in social affairs and played a significant role in national...