Encyclopaedia Africanna

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Jacobus Nicolas Boshof (January 31, 1808-April 21, 1881) was an advocate of the Natal Voortrekkers (ie. Afrikaner pioneer settlers) and played a strong organizational role...

SELASSE, BLATTENGETA HERUY WALDA

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Blattengeta Heruy Walda Selasse (May 8, 1878-September 19, 1938) was an author and historian. He also had a career as a government official and diplomat...

DE GRAFT JOHNSON, J. W.

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Joseph William De Graft Johnson (August 5, 1860- February 28, 1928), a Cape Coast merchant, popularly known as Kwesi Johnson, was closely connected with political...

DEL WANBARA

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Del Wanbara, (16th century), whose name means “Victory is her seat” was famous as the wife of two leaders of the 16th century Muslim conquest...

MATTHEWS, ZACHARIAH KEODIRELANG

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Keodirelang Matthews (Kimberley, South Africa, 1901-Washington, D.C., November 5, 1968) was a scholar, politician, and diplomat. A miner’s son, he was educated at Lovedale High...

DJANG, OHENEBA. S. S.

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Djan Oheneba Sampson Sakyi (1901 – September 21, 1950), a writer, politician, and lawyer, was editor of the Sunlight Magazine (1925 – 1936), a publication recording...

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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