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Mamady Keïta (1 August 1950 – 21 June 2021), affectionately known as “Nankama” was a master drummer and music educator from West Africa. He is known for...
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Efua Theodora Sutherland (27 June 1924 – 2 January 1996), was a Ghanaian playwright, director, researcher, children’s author, poet, dramatist, educationist, child advocate, and cultural activist....
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Mazi Mbonu Ojike (1912-1959) was an outspoken and fearless Nigerian nationalist, pan-Africanist, African cultural crusader, author, and activist for social justice and racial equality. He...
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Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912-1966) was a Nigerian statesman, politician, deputy leader of the Northern People’s Congress (NPC), and Nigeria’s first federal Prime Minister during both...
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Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly (c. 1909 – September 7, 1958) was a West African teacher and political leader who played a significant role in the late-colonial...
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Masotsha Ndlovu (c. 1890 – July 2, 1982) was a trailblazing Zimbabwean trade unionist and nationalist leader who fought for the rights of African workers...
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Félix Houphouët-Boigny (October 18, 1905 – December 7, 1993) was the first President of the Ivory Coast, leading the nation from its independence in 1960...
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Mekatilili wa Menza (circa 1860 – 1920), known as the mother of colonial resistance, was a Kenyan freedom fighter and leader of the Giriama people,...
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Musa Mwariama (1928 – 1993) was a Kenyan revolutionary leader of the Mau Mau in Meru and the highest-ranking Mau Mau leader who survived the war without being killed or...
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Waruhiu Itote (1922 – 30 April 1993, aged 70-71), was one of the key leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising (1952–1960) in British Kenya alongside...
