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Rijk Tulbagh, (baptd. May 14, 1699-August 11, 1771), was a zealous and capable administrator who rose to become one of the most efficient and respected...

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Jan Tshatsu (circa 1771-February 28, 1868) was the headman of the amaNtinde, a small Xhosa group living near present-day King William’s Town. He became an...

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Louis Tregardt [Swellendam district, August 10, 1783-Lourenço Marques (Maputo), October 25, 1838], a notable Voortrekker leader, was the eldest son of Carolus Johannes Tregardt and...

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Nehemiah Tile (circa 1850s-1885), founded the first of the African “protonationalist” churches, independent of European mission control, in 1884. Nehemiah Tile was made a probationer...

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Arnold Theiler (March 26, 1867-July 24, 1936), the bacteriologist and veterinary research scientist, is remembered especially as the founder of Onderstepoort Veterinary Laboratory and for...

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Oliver Tambo (October 27, 1917-April 24, 1993), known to many of his friends and colleagues as ‘O.T.,’ will be remembered as one of the handful...

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Hendrik Swellengrebel (September 20, 1700 – December 26, 1760), the only governor of the Cape of Good Hope to have been born at the Cape...

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Malukmohammed Lappa Sultan (February 15, 1873-September 6, 1953) was a successful businessman who gave selflessly to the poor of all races and religions in South...

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Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom (July 14, 1893-August 24, 1958) was an outspoken nationalist leader in the Transvaal who served as prime minister, furthering Afrikaner republicanism, notably...

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Andries Stockenstrom (July 6, 1792-London, March 15, 1864), Cape frontier official and politician, was the eldest son of Anders Stockenstrom. In 1815 he became landdrost...

Editor’s Note

This website features a collection of articles largely from previously published volumes of the Encyclopaedia Africana, specifically the Encyclopaedia Africana Dictionary of African Biography, which highlights notable individuals from various regions of Africa. Please note that in these volumes, some names of people, towns, and countries were spelled differently than they are today. We have retained these historical spellings to preserve the integrity of the original publications. In some instances, the current spellings are also provided for easy reference.
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