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Charles Smart (18?-circa early 1900s) was an ambitious member of the Loko Smart family which held a high position in Mahera, near the mouth of...
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Tengey Dzokoto I (187-1911) was a warlike chief of Anyako, a town on the northern shore of the Keta lagoon that formed part of the...
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Prester John is the name given to a mythical medieval Christian priest-king of a vast empire in Central Asia, who was later identified with the...
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Walter Chichele Plowden (August 3, 1820-March 13. 1860) was the first British consul to Ethiopia and was a friend of Emperor Tewodros IIÂ (reigned 1855-68]....
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Malangi a Phumba (circa 1915-1964) was a celebrated expert in Pende oral tradition and also a trusted and effective political leader. Born in Kasanji village,...
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Malanga (circa 1880-1965), served as chief of the Bodjinga division of the Lobo (Balobo) ethnic group, living just north of Makanza (formerly Nouvelle-Anvers) about 180...
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John Sarbah (c. 1834-1892), father of John Mensah Sarbah, the nationalist lawyer, was one of the most prosperous African merchants on the Gold Coast in...
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Chief Alfred Sam (18?-1930s), a Gold Coast merchant and a pioneer pan-Africanist, was the first black African in the 20th century to attempt to settle...
Muhammad ibn al-Mustafa and ‘Umar Kunandi ibn ‘Umar, (who both lived in the 18th century), were Dyula scholars from Gonja (Ngbanya), a state located in...
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Chitapankwa (d.1883) was one of the greatest Chitimukulus (paramount chiefs) of the Bemba people in north-east Zambia. The first Chitimukulus is a legendary figure, who...
