Encyclopaedia Africana

Obadiah Alexander Johnson (1849-1920) was a Sierra Leonean who spent the latter part of his medical career in Lagos where he eventually became one of...

James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey (October 18, 1875-July 30, 1927) was a pioneer of higher education for Africans who was an inspiration for his contemporaries, and...

Sumaila Ndewura Jakpa (circa 1600-1666) was, according to the most accessible and widely-known version of Gonja (Ngbanya) oral traditions, the conquering founder of the Gonja...

Lej Iyasu Mikael (February 3, 1896-July (?) 1935), grandson of Emperor Menilek II [reigned 1889-1913], was the nominal ruler of Ethiopia from about 1909, when...

Afawarq Gabra Iyasus (July 10, 1868-September 25, 1947), writer, poet and diplomat, was the author of Lebb wallad Tarik (“story Born out of Fantasy”) (1908), which...

Ras Haylu Takla Haymanot (1868-1951) was a governor of Gojam and a prominent Ethiopian businessman. He was the son of Negus Takla Haymanot of Gonjam,...

Muhammad Hanfari (18?-circa 1902) was the dominant leader of the southern Afar (Danakil), a namadic people inhabiting the Afar (Danakil) Desert of northeast Ethiopia, from...

Emperor Haile Selassie (July 23, 1892-August 26/27,1975), born Tafari Makonnen, held power for some 50 years, and ruled as emperor from 1930-74. During the Italian...

Lej Hailemariam Mammo (1909-June 6, 1938) was a Patriot of the Ethiopian resistance to the Italian occupation of (1936-1941) and was famed for his courage....

George Alfred Grant (August 15, 1878 – October 30, 1956), one of the prosperous merchants of his day, was the first president of the United...