Figures
Articles on historical figures, pan-African personalities, and national heroes from all over Africa.
Ayi Kwei Armah, Ghanaian Writer and Poetic Visionary
Ayi Kwei Armah is one of the most acclaimed, yet controversial, West African writers. Born in Takoradi, Ghana to Fante-speaking...
Read moreDetailsAhmadou Ahidjo, President of Cameroon (1960 – 1982)
Ahmadou Babatoura Ahidjo was the first President of Cameroon. He was born to a Muslim chieftain and one of his...
Read moreDetailsNelson Mandela: A Legendary Figure
Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013) was an active member of the fight against apartheid in South Africa. The son of...
Read moreDetailsAmadou-Mahtar M’Bow: The First Black African to Head a Major Global Institution
Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, a Senegalese academic and politician. Born in Dakar, Senegal, in 1921, M'Bow grew up in a small town...
Read moreDetailsZakes Mda: The South African Literary Maverick
Zakes Mda is the pen name of Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni Mda, a novelist, poet and playwright. He was born in...
Read moreDetailsPravin Gordhan, Veteran South Africa minister and activist against apartheid
Pravin Gordhan, who was a South African government minister for many years after beginning his political career opposing apartheid, died...
Read moreDetailsOla Rotimi (1938-2000): A Nigerian Playwright and Poet Laureate
Ola Rotimi was born on April 13, 1938 in Sapele, Nigeria. Rotimi was a Nigerian scholar, playwright, and director. He...
Read moreDetailsOliver Tambo (1917 – 1993): South African Anti-Apartheid Activist & Politician
In 1944 with Nelson Mandela and others, he cofounded the ANC Youth League, which revitalized the ANC after a moribund...
Read moreDetailsThomas Sankara: Political Leader and President of Burkina Faso (1983 – 1987)
The son of a Peul father and a Mossi, mother Thomas Sankara was born in 1949, in Yako, French colonial...
Read moreDetailsWilliam Farquhar Conton (1925 – 2003)
William Farquhar Conton was born on 5 September 1925 in Bathurst, Gambia, to the union of Cecil Conton (1885–1926) and...
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