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James Charles Ernest Parkes (1861-August 10, 1899) was head of the Department of Native Affairs during the period of preparation for the British Protectorate, declared...
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Aaron Sims (182-1922), a Scottish missionary doctor, was a pioneer worker for the Livingstone Inland Mission (L.I.M.) and the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (A.B.F.M.S.)...
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Shyaam aMbul aNgoong (ruled circa 1625-1640) is remembered as the founder of Kuba civilisation. Living east of the confluence of the Sankuru and Kasai rivers,...
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Semopa Bavon (circa 1885-March 1, 1933) is remembered as the black apostle of the Giri river region. For 25 years he served as the chief...
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Pierre Marie Joseph Ryckmans (November 26, 1891-February 18, 1959), governor-general of the Belgian Zaire (now Congo), and of Ruanda-Urundi (now the separate countries of Rwanda...
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Ruwej a Nkond (who flourished in the 16th century) was a queen who ruled in the formative period of the Lunda state. She figures prominently...
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Ethelred Nathaniel Jones (June 28, 1884-March 29, 1954) who from the 1920s, onwards also used the name Laminah Sankoh, was one of the most outstanding...
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Autshumayo (?-1663), also referred to as Harry, Herry, or Hadah in European documentary sources, was originally a member of the Stockless Khoi, who lived in...
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Momoh Sankoh (?-circa 1890) was a leading member of the Soso Sankoh clan who made several determined but unsuccessful attempts to regain the rulership of...
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Frederic Adolphus Miller (July 2, 1862-October 1, 1943) was a civil servant who took an active part in West African politics in later life. A...
