Encyclopaedia Africana

Thomas Pringle (January 5, 1789-December 5, 1834) was a poet and essayist whose powerful writings about the Africans of the Eastern Cape found practical expression...

Manthatisi (circa 1781-circa 1836), or Ma-Nthatisi, also known as Mmanthatisi, was the regent chieftainess of the Batlokwa, a Sotho clan. A warrior queen, she ruled...

Malandela, (circa 1600-circa 1650), is renowned as the progenitor of the house of Shaka, the famous ruler of the Zulu nation. Malandela was the leader...

Marthinus Wessel Pretorius born in the Graaf-Reinet District (September 17, 1819-May 19, 1901), was president of the South African Republic (Transvaal) and the Orange Free...

Bathoen I (1845-1910), also called Batweng, was chief of the Ngwaketse, one of the Tswana branch of the Sotho people of Botswana (formerly Bechuanaland). He...

Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius (November 27, 1798-July 23, 1853), voortrekker leader and hero of the battle of Blood River, was the eldest of the five...

Gustav Schoeman Preller, journalist, historian and proponent of Afrikaans (October 4, 1875-October 6, 1943), was also one of the founders of the Afrikaans Language Society....

Andries Hendrik Potgieter (December 19, 1792-December 16, 1852), a prominent Voortrekker leader, was the second son of Hermanus Potgieter and Petronella Margaretha Krugel. Like most...

Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje (circa 1876-June 19, 1932) was a distinguished South African writer and nationalist. He served as the first secretary general of the African...

Rev. Mangena Maake Mokone (1851-1936), opposed racial discrimination and segregation in the churches, sought African religious self-government, and founded the Ethiopian Church in 1892. Mokone...