Encyclopaedia Africana

Encyclopaedia Africana

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Bakaffa (1694-September 19, 1730) was emperor of Ethiopia from 1721-30. A shrewd ruler, he consolidated the power of the monarchy. His Christian name was Atsma-Giyorgis,...

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Makonnen Wolde-Mikael (His Highness) (1852-1906).  Prince and Ras of Ethiopia, father of Emperor Haile Sellassie I is known in both Ethiopian and African history as...

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Koli Tenguelle, a leading Fulani warrior and conqueror, was the founder of the Deniankobe dynasty which ruled the Futa-Toro (the valley of the Senegal River)...

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Gueye Lamine (1891-1968) was a lawyer, teacher, magistrate and the most outstanding politician in “French-speaking” Tropical Africa from 1945 until his death. He was deputy...

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Thomas E. Beysolow (1857-1949), jurist educator, author, reformer and renowned Liberian sociologist, was born at Gohn, Konneh, Ground Cape Mount County, a grandson of the...

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Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832-1912), a noted Africanist, was born of free parents on the island of St. Thomas, the Virgin Islands. He was of pure...

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Philip Quaque (1741-1816), sometimes referred to as Philip Quacoe, a pioneering educator and evangelist, was the first African Anglican missionary in the Gold Coast. He...

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Emmanuel Charles Quist (May 21, 1880 – February 28, 1959) was president of the Gold Coast Legislative Council from 1949-50, and Speaker of the Ghana...

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William Wade Harris (c. 18665-1929) was a Liberian “prophet” whose reputation rests on his remarkable feat of evangelism in the Ivory Coast and Western Ghana...

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Benson Stephen Allen (1816-1865) was born in the State of Maryland in the United States of America in 1816 and migrated to Liberia in 1822....

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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