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Philippe Zinda Kaboré (18 November 1920 – 25 May 1947) was an early nationalist leader and anti-colonial activist from Upper Volta (present-day Burkina Faso). Despite...
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Moro Naba Saaga II (Koom II) (c. 1889 – 12 March 1942) was the Mogho Naba (emperor) of the Mossi state of Wogodogo, in French...
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Kwaku Baprui Asante (March 26, 1924 – January 22, 2018) was a distinguished Ghanaian diplomat, writer, and politician whose career spanned public service, diplomacy, and...
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Atukwei John Okai (March 15, 1941 – July 13, 2018), born John Atukwei Okai, was Ghana’s iconic poet, cultural activist, academic, and one of Africa’s...
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Ja Ja of Opobo (1821–1891), was the first known Nigerian richest man, nationalist, a merchant prince and the founder of Opobo city-state which now forms...
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Sydney Brenner (1927–2019) was a South African-born biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his groundbreaking work in molecular biology and genetics. Sydney Brenner, biologist/geneticist...
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The 1951 Nobel Prize for medicine or physiology was awarded to South African physician and microbiologist Max Theiler for his discoveries concerning yellow fever and...
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André Grenard Matsoua (1899–1942) was a Congolese nationalist and religious leader who fought against French colonial oppression. After founding the Amicale des Originaires de l’Afrique...
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Oginga Odinga (1911 – January 20, 1994), a prominent Kenyan politician and a key figure in the country’s struggle for independence. He later served as...
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Jean-Félix Tchicaya (1903–1961) was a Congolese politician and the first from Congo-Brazzaville elected to the French National Assembly in 1945. Founder of the first political...
