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NKRUMAH, KWAME
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
‘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
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
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.
Lake Volta and the Construction of the Akosombo Dam – Ghana
The Volta lake, as it is popularly known, was created by the construction of the Akosombo Dam over the River Volta in the mid-1960s. The
SIERRA LEONE
A HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION Sierra Leone is a small country, roughly circular in shape, and occupying the southwest coast of West Africa between 6° 55′ and