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Francis William Reitz (October 5, 1844-March 27, 1934) is not as well known a figure as Paul Kruger or M.T. Steyn. Reitz, nevertheless, made a...
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Marthinus Theunis Steyn (October 2, 1857-November 28, 1916) was Chief Justice and last State President of the Orange Free State (O.F.S.). Born on the farm...
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Pieter Retief (November 12, 1780-February 6, 1838), Voortrekker leader who negotiated with and was betrayed by Zulu King Dingane, was the second son of Jacobus...
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Rarabe (circa 1722-1787), son of Xhosa Chief Phalo, was the first Paramount Chief of the Rarabe or Ngqika (Gaika) branch of the Xhosa (1775-87). The...
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Isa (18?-1891) was the chief of Kaliere, a province of the Solimana state in the extreme northeast of Sierra Leone. He occupied an uncomfortable position...
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Madam Humonya (ruled 1908-1918) was a despotic and unscrupulous paramount chief of the Nongowa chiefdom in the Kenema district, who held her position through the...
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Charles Heddle (1812-187?) was an outstanding businessman who pioneered the export trade in peanuts (groundnuts) from Sierra Leone, and became in time the most prosperous...
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Kontorfilli Haidara (1890?-February 16, 1931) was a Soso Muslim (a Mande speaking group spreading across northwest Sierra Leone and Guinea) who had a short and...
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Gombu Smart or Koko (18th-early 19th centuries) was an ex-slave who became a powerful chief, ruling at Rokon near the Rokel (Sierra Leone River in...
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Gbanya Longo (18?-1878) was the last great ruler of the Kpaa-Mende (the western branch of the Mende, in south central Sierra Leone) in the pre-colonial...
