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Nana Kwesi Otu (?-1852) was the first Omanhin, or ruler, of Abora, one of the 11 Borbor Fante states in what is now southern Ghana,...
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Eugene Himie Shannon (December 6, 1893 -May 28, 1959) an Associate Justice and later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia, was born in...
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George Edward Moore (1879-1950) won a reputation in the Gold Coast and in Britain as an outstanding nationalist politician, traditionalist, and pan-Africanist. He was born...
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The Golden Stool of the Asante people also known as the “Sika Dwa Kofi” (believed to be born on Friday) its the embodiment of the...
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Balay Zalaqa (1895/96-January 11, 1948) was a brigand chief in Gojam province, and later a Patriot leader who fought against the Italians during their occupation...
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Dingane (circa 1775-1840), also known as Dingaan, was the second Zulu king, and ruled from 1828-40. He was one of the assassins of Shaka, whom...
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El Hadj Omar Saidou Tall (1797-1864), was an Islamic reformer and the man who introduced and spread the Tidjaniya brotherhood in Tropical West Africa. ...
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Christian Rudolph de Wet (October 7, 1854-February 3, 1922) was a Boer general during the South African Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. De Wet was born...
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Ezana, or Aeizanas, was the 4th-century king of Aksum, in whose reign Christianity was introduced into Ethiopia. He conquered the Nile Valley realm of Kush...
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Diop, David (1927-1960) was born of a Senegalese father, Amadou Diop Yande, and a Cameroonian mother, Marie Bell, on July 9, 1927, in Bordeaux. Long...
