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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Mohlomi (died circa 1816), son of Monyane and chief of the Monaheng, is a central figure in the oral tradition of the present-day Lesotho, and...
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Robert Moffatt (Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland, December 21, 1795-Leigh, Kent, England, August 8, 1883) was a missionary and a linguist, who worked in Botswana for...
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Mlanjeni (literally “River Man”) (circa 1830-August 28, 1853) was a Ciskei prophet of the Rarabe Xhosa. He played a key role in the frontier war...
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Vuyusile Mini (1920-1964) achieved prominence as a trade union organiser and political activist in African nationalist causes. Born in Port Elizabeth, he acquired very little...
