NKRUMAH, KWAME
October 25, 2023
Kwame Nkrumah (c. September 21, 1909- April 27, 1972) led the Gold Coast to independence
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UTHMAN ABU BAKR DIQNA
October 22, 2023
‘Uthman Abu Bakr Diqna “ ‘Uthman Digna” (c.1840-1926) was one of the ‘Amils (Provincial Governors)
SAINT CYPRIAN
October 22, 2023
THASCIUS CAECILLIUS CYPRIANUS AFER, African bishop and martyr, who was born in Carthage of rich
RIFA’AH RAFI AL-TAHTAWI
October 22, 2023
RIFA’AH RAFI AL-TAHTAWI (1801-73), the first intellectual reformer of modern Egypt and father of modern
BANNERMAN, C. E. W.
October 15, 2023
Charles Edward Woolhouse Bannerman (October 12, 1884-November 10, 1943) was the first African to become
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NKRUMAH, KWAME
October 25, 2023
Kwame Nkrumah (c. September 21, 1909- April 27, 1972) led the Gold Coast to independence in 1957 as the state of Ghana, and thereafter, first
UTHMAN ABU BAKR DIQNA
October 22, 2023
‘Uthman Abu Bakr Diqna “ ‘Uthman Digna” (c.1840-1926) was one of the ‘Amils (Provincial Governors) of the Mahdist State in the Sudan (1885-1898). His ancestors
SAINT CYPRIAN
October 22, 2023
THASCIUS CAECILLIUS CYPRIANUS AFER, African bishop and martyr, who was born in Carthage of rich pagan parents, was first a Professor of Rhetoric and then
RIFA’AH RAFI AL-TAHTAWI
October 22, 2023
RIFA’AH RAFI AL-TAHTAWI (1801-73), the first intellectual reformer of modern Egypt and father of modern Arabic literature, was born at Tahta, Upper Egypt in 1801.
BANNERMAN, C. E. W.
October 15, 2023
Charles Edward Woolhouse Bannerman (October 12, 1884-November 10, 1943) was the first African to become a judge of the Supreme Court of the Gold Coast.
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Encyclopaedia African Project (EAP)
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