Encyclopaedia Africana

Motengo (circa 1890-1941), a chief of the Monia people who lived on the upper Giri River, became famous for his many wives and children. The...

Mopoie Bangezegino (circa 1845-April 15, 1916), a Muslim chief of the Zande people, living between the Uele and Bomou rivers in northern Democratic Republic of...

Johannes Zimmermann (March 2, 1825-December 13, 1876), of the Basel Mission, translated the entire Bible into the Ga language, wrote a Ga grammar book, and...

Nawej a Ditend (circa 1800-1852) ruled as the Lunda Mwant Yav (supreme chief) at a time when commercial and political relations between the Lunda and...

John Wallace Tsiboe (September 21. 1904-September 10, 1963), who founded the Ashanti Pioneer in 1939, was a supporter of the movement for national independence after...

Lumpungu (circa 1860-May 22, 1919), also known as Goi Mafula, and later as Chief Muikalebwe was an important Songye chief in what is now Kabinda...

Lukwesa Ilunga (circa 1740-October 1805) came to office as Kazembe (military governor) of the Luapula after Kanyimbu Newej Mpemb died in about 1760. While Kanyimba...

Mopipi Mutimana (circa 1875-May 5, 1930), a chief of the Lega people living southwest of Lake Kivu, acted vigorously to modernise his land and people....

According to tradition, Lukeni (who flourished in the late 13th century) founded the Kongo kingdom. The sources, however, are not unanimous, for some claim it...

Tohugu (Tohogo), who flourished in the second half of the 15th century, became the first Nayiri (paramount chief) of Mamprusi (Mamprugu) in what is now...