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The Rev. Guthrie Michael Scott (Sussex, England, July 30, 1907-London, September 14, 1983) was an Anglican clergyman and passive resister. He was the first petitioner...

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Olive Schreiner (March 24, 1855 – December 11, 1920) is best known, both within and outside South Africa, for her novel The Story of an...

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Sarili (circa 1815-1892), son of Hintsa, was the 11th king of the Xhosa, in direct line of succession to Tshawe, and the last independent ruler...

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Sandile (1820-May 29, 1878), a Xhosa prince of the House of Gaika or Ngqika, was the  last Paramount Chief of a united Rarabe people (1840-78)....

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Emil Solomon Sachs (died 1976) was the General Secretary of the South African Garment Workers’ Union, a non-racial organization, for 24 years, and a leader,...

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Walter Rubusana (February 21, 1858-April 19, 1936) was one of the most prominent Africans of his day, gaining distinction in the fields of religion, literature,...

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Edward R. Roux (1903-March 1966), a prominent member of the Communist Party of South Africa in the 1920s and 1930s and a professional botanist, is...

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Sir James Rose-Innes (January 8, 1855-January 6, 1942), a white English-speaking South African, was a lawyer, journalist and politician who was attached to the school...

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Cecil John Rhodes (July 5, 1853-March 26, 1902) was a visionary forward-looking imperialist whose personal career was to have an immense impact on the history...

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Ras Mikael Ali Abba Bula of Ethiopia (circa 1850-September 8, 1918), or Mohammed Ali, was one of the key provincial governors appointed by Emperor Menilek...

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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