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Johannes Gysbert Kotzé [Sir John Gilbert] (November 11, 1849-April 1, 1940), lawyer and judge, was intimately involved in the judicial and political affairs of the...
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Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere (March 29, 1815-May 29, 1884) was a British imperial administrator. After a long and distinguished career in India, he served...
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George Eskem Ferguson (July 14, 1864 – April 7, 1897), a Fante surveyor who, in the later years of the 19th century, worked for the...
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Johann Gottlieb Christaller (November 19, 1827-December 16, 1895) was a German missionary and philologist with the Basel Mission who made Twi the most important African...
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Kimpa Vita (circa 1685-July 2, 1706), whose baptised name was Dona Beatriz, founded a religious sect known as the Antonians. The goal of this movement...
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Jacobus Eliza Johannes Capitein (c. 1717- February 1747) was one of the pioneers of formal education on the Gold Coast. He was probably a Fante,...
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Cornelius Frederick Adjetey (1893-February 28, 1948), the first martyr to the cause of national independence, was killed when colonial police opened fire on demonstrators, setting...
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Gaddiel Robert Acquaah (1884 – March 25, 1954) was a Methodist educator and scholar who played a major role in the translation of the Bible...
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Bram (Abram) Fischer (April 23, 1908-May 8, 1975) was a prominent Afrikaner member of the South African Communist Party and a distinguished lawyer who led...
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George Kuntu Blankson (1809-August 23, 1898) was an outstanding 19th-century Gold Coast merchant, as well as a soldier, a skilled negotiator, and the first African...
