Figures

Cheikh Anta Diop, a Senegalese writer, historian, and politician who studied the origins of the human race and the pre-colonial...

Ghana has turned a new page in its democratic journey by electing Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang as the nation’s first...

Félix Houphouët-Boigny is thought to have been born on 18 Oct. 1905 in the town of Yamoussoukro. The son of...

Mahamudu Bawumia soared from being a political outsider to become Ghana's second-in-command - and in December he could make history...

Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and retired Anglican archbishop of Cape Town. Archbishop Desmond...

Ayi Kwei Armah is one of the most acclaimed, yet controversial, West African writers. Born in Takoradi, Ghana to Fante-speaking...

Ahmadou Babatoura Ahidjo was the first President of Cameroon. He was born to a Muslim chieftain and one of his...

Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013) was an active member of the fight against apartheid in South Africa. The son of...

Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, a Senegalese academic and politician. Born in Dakar, Senegal, in 1921, M'Bow grew up in a small town...

Zakes Mda is the pen name of Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni Mda, a novelist, poet and playwright. He was born in...