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Muhammad Abd Es-Shakur was emir of Harar from 1856-75. Previously a sheikh, he had seized power on the death of the last emir of the...
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Moroda (1844-1888), the second ruler of the kingdom of Leqa in what is now the province of Walaga, in Western Ethiopia, reigned from 1871-88. He...
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Kate Dawson (lived in the 19th century), or Kate Swanzy, whose African name was Efua Ketse, was a merchant, philanthropist, and patriot who became prominent...
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Bashah Aboye (18?- March 1, 1896) was a distinguished general of Menilek II [reigned 1889-1913], who was killed at the battle of Adwa during the...
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Aklilu Habta-Wald (March 12, 1912- November 24, 1974) was prime minister of Ethiopia from 1961-1974 and was one of the most important Ethiopian politicians under...
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Fela Anikulapo Kuti (15 October 1938 — 2 August 1997) was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, a pioneer of Afrobeat music, a human rights...
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Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe (November 16, 1904 – May 11, 1996) was the first president of independent Nigeria (1963–66) and a prominent nationalist figure. He was...
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In 1944 at the age of twenty-one, Anthony Enahoro met Nnamdi Azikiwe who sent him from Lagos to Ibadan to edit his newspaper, the Southern...
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Ahmadu Bello (June 12, 1910 – January 15, 1966) was a Nigerian political leader who served as the spokesman for Northern Nigeria during the country’s...
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Richard Brew (?- August 5, 1776) was a prominent member of the British trading community on the Gold Coast during the second half of the...
