Encyclopaedia Africana

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Leander Starr Jameson, (February 9, 1853-November 26, 1917), was a physician, politician, and administrator. He is remembered above all as the leader of the failed...

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John Amadu Bangura (March 8, 1930-June 29, 1971) was a career officer in the Sierra Leone armed forces. He briefly headed an interim government in...

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Ernest George Jansen (August 7. 1881-Novem-ber 11, 1959) was a founder of social Afrikaaner cultural movements and played a leading role in South Africa’s National...

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Joseph Kapend Tshomb (1889-1950), an entrepreneur, rose from poverty and servanthood to become one of the most prosperous and widely traveled Congolese of his day....

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‘King’ John Macaulay (circa 1800-December 5,1867) was a wealthy Freetown trader in the mid-19th century and powerful unofficial leader of the Aku re-captives (Yoruba from...

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Kanyimbu-Newej, also called Kanyimbu Mpembe a Nkind, (circa 1700-circa 1760) was a great military leader, who extended Lunda influence east to the Lake Mweru region,...

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Moriba Kindo Bangura (17?-1825) was the forceful Temne leader who overthrew the Soso hegemony over Port Loko (an important trading center), which lasted from 1700...

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Solomon Benjamin Augustus Macfoy (circa 1843-January 16, 1893) was a Sierra Leone Krio (Creole) who for several years dominated the Sherbro country of Sierra Leone....

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Ruth Hayman (February 12, 1913-October 7, 1981), social reformer and lawyer, was distinguished for her energy and courage in acting for defendants in innumerable political...

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Nicolaas Christiaan Havenga (May 1. 1882-March 13, 1957) was a politician and cabinet minister. He was a lifelong associate and friend of General J.B.M. Hertzog....

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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