Pan-Africanist

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George Edward Moore (1879-1950) won a reputation in the Gold Coast and in Britain as an outstanding nationalist politician, traditionalist, and pan-Africanist. He was born...

KUTI, FELA ANIKULAPO

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Fela Anikulapo Kuti (15 October 1938 — 2 August 1997), was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, pioneer of Afrobeat music, human rights activist, and...

NNAMDI AZIKWE BENJAMIN

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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...

DU BOIS, W. E. B.

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William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was the most outstanding of the Afro-American militant civil rights leaders at the...

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