Figures
Articles on historical figures, pan-African personalities, and national heroes from all over Africa.
Kenneth Kaunda (1924 – 2021)
By Gavin Evans* Kenneth Kaunda, the former president of Zambia, who has died in hospital in the capital, Lusaka, at the age...
Read moreDetailsIdriss Déby Itno (1952 – April 20, 2021)
General Idriss Déby Itno, a military powerhouse and one of Africa's longest-serving leaders was born in 1952 into a family of...
Read moreDetailsJohn Pombe Joseph Magufuli (1959 – 2021)
By Aikande Clement Kwayu* John Joseph Pombe Magufuli was a man who deftly played the long political game. He was...
Read moreDetailsSouth Africa’s Goodwill Zwelithini: King of the Zulu Nation
By Gerhard Maré* Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, who has passed away at the age of 72, was the longest reigning of all Zulu...
Read moreDetailsAugust Browne: The Nigeria-born man who joined the Polish resistance
By Nicholas Boston* Among the hundreds of thousands of patriots that Poland celebrates for serving in the resistance movement in World...
Read moreDetailsTanzania’s Benjamin Mkapa: the peace maker, true East African and Pan-Africanist
By Kjell Johannes Havnevik* The former Tanzanian president Benjamin William Mkapa, who died on July 24, was the country’s third president....
Read moreDetailsOmoyele Sowore, the Nigerian Journalist charged with “treason” for staging a “revolution” campaign
Omoyele Sowore a media expert, public commentator, human rights activist, writer, and lecturer originate from Ese Odo, Ondo State, Nigeria....
Read moreDetailsThe saga continues between El-Zakzaaky and the Nigerian government
A formation of Muslim students in Nigeria In the 1970s protests around Nigerian universities, vandalizing bars, and aimed for the...
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