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Algeria
Maghili, Muhammad al-
Tashfin ibn <ayn>Ali
<ayn>Abd al-Hamid ben
Badis
Mammeri, Mouloud
Yusuf ibn Tashfin, Abu
Ya<ayn>qub
Santos e Silva, Ana
Joaquina dos
Santos, Isabel dos
<ayn>Abdel-Kader
Mustaghanmi,
<ayn>Ahlam
Abbas, Ferhat
Nsoumer, Fatma
Angola
Savimbi, Jonas Malheiro
Abu Madyan
Rimitti, Cheikha
Abranches, Henrique
Tavares, Ana Paula
Amrouche, Fadhma
Sebbar, Leila
Agualusa, José Eduardo
Toko, Simão Gonçalves
Baba <ayn>Aruj
Si Mohand ou-Mohand n
At Hmadouch
Andrade, Mário Pinto de
Van-Dúnem, Luzia Inglês
Assis Júnior, António de
Verónica I
Cardoso, Boaventura
Vieira, Luandino
Carvalho, Ruy Duarte de
Xitu, Uanhenga
Chipenda, Daniel
Mandume ya Ndemufayo
Zaynab bint Muhammad
Cruz, Viriato Francisco
Clemente da
Cadornega, António de
Oliveira
Tijani, Ahmed al-
Ducados, Henda
Su<hamza>da
Fontes Pereira, José de
Eberhardt, Isabelle
Jacinto, António
Amrouche, Marguerite
Taos
Lara, Alda
Ben Bella, Ahmed
Santos, José Eduardo dos
Taha, Rachid
Bendjedid, Chadli
Tihihit, Fatima
Boubacha, Djamila
Wattar, Tahir
Boudjedra, Rachid
Yaghmurasan
Boumedienne, Houari
Bouteflika, Abdelaziz
Buluggin ibn Ziri
Camus, Albert
Diyab
Djebar, Assia
Liberdade, Kiluanje
Fanon, Frantz
Maldoror, Sarah
Fibonacci
Hadj, Messali
Almoravid
Empire/Morocco,
Spain, and Algeria
Angola/Kongo
Kingdom
Afonso I
Álvaro I
Álvaro II Nimi a Nkanga
Diogo I
Marques, Ana Clara
Guerra
Garcia II
Neto, Agostinho
<ayn>Abd alMu<hamza>min
João I
Ngola Kiluanji
Kimpa Vita, Dona Beatriz
<ayn>Abu Ya<ayn>qub
Yusuf (d. 1184)
Oliveira, Mário António
Fernandes de
Nzinga a Mbandi
Pepetela
Khadra, Yasmina
<ayn>Ali ibn Yusuf ibn
Tashfin
Khaled, Cheb
Abu Bakr ibn <ayn>Umar
Hamidou
Ibn Rustam
Kahina
Kateb, Yacine
Pedro III
Pires, António
Ribas, Óscar Bento
Khayr al-Din
Ibn Tumart, Muhammad
Roberto, Holden Alvaro
Kusaila ibn Lamzam
Ibn Yasin, <ayn>Abd Allah
Madani, Abassi al-
Ishaq ibn <ayn>Ali
Rodrigues, Deolinda
Rui, Manuel
Assyria
Ashurbanipal
Benin
Soglo, Rosine
Khama, Seretse
Burundi
Adandozan
Souza, Isidore de
Khama, Tshekedi
Bagaza, Jean-Baptiste
Agaja
Tegbesu
Koma, Kenneth
Barakana, Gabriel
Agonglo
Toffa
Linchwe of the Bakgatla
Baranyanka, Pierre
Aho, Justin
Tovalou-Quenum, Joseph
Matante, Philip
Batumubwira, Antoinette
Ahomadégbé-Tometin,
Justin
Tovalou-Quenum, Marc
Mma-Besi
Buyoya, Pierre
Visesegan
Mogae, Festus
Gahutu, Rémy
Yaya Migansi
Molokomme, Athaliah
Maoka Lesiba
Inamujandi
Apithy, Sourou Migan
Behanzin, Aouagbe
Bhêly-Quénum, Olympe
D’Almeida Adamon, Grace
Yayi, Thomas Boni
Kayoya, Michel
Moremi, Elizabeth Pulane
Baquaqua, Mohammah
Gardo
Kinigi, Sylvie
Sebele I
Micombero, Michel
Seboko, Mosadi
Gantin, Bernardin
Gbedo, Marie Elise
Bornu Empire/Niger,
Nigeria, Chad
Mirerekano, Paul
Seboni, Barolong
Sechele I
Mwambutsa IV
Bangiricenge
Sesana, Roy
Mwezi II
Glélé-Ahanhanzo, Maurice
Tlou, Thomas
Ndadaye, Melchior
Hangbe
Van Rensburg, Patrick
Ngendandumwe, Pierre
Livingstone, David
Nkurunziza, Pierre
Gezo
Idris Katakarmabe
Glele
Kanemi, Muhammad al-
Hazoumé, Paul
Hazoumé, Romuald
Botswana
Bathoen I
Ntare II Rugamba
Houngbédji, Adrien
Bathoen II Seepapitso
Gaseitsiwe
Brazil
Ntare V Ndizeye
Hounsou, Djimon
Chiepe, Gaositwe K. T.
Chico Rei
Ntuyahaga, Michel
Hountondji, Paulin
Dow, Unity
Hwanjile
Fawcus, Peter
Burkina Faso
Rwagasore, Louis
Joachim, Paulin
Gagoangwe
Yennenga
Sibazuri, Marie-Louise
Kérékou, Chaad Mathieu
Gaolathe, Baledzi
Compaoré, Blaise
Sinduhije, Alexis
Kidjo, Angélique
Head, Bessie Emery
Delobsom, Dim
Kpengla
Hermans, Christopher H.
L.
Kaboré, Gaston
Cameroon
Ki-Zerbo, Joseph
Ahidjo, Ahmadou
Ouédraogo, Idrissa
Bate Besong, Jacobs
Pacéré, Titinga Frédéric
Bell, Rudolf Duala Manga
Sankara, Thomas
Beyala, Calixthe
Zongo, Norbert
Biya, Chantal
Maga, Coutoucou Hubert
Pliya, Jean
Pognon, Elizabeth
Kayissan
Soglo, Christophe
Soglo, Nicéphore
Kgosi Seepapitso IV
Khama III
Khama, Ian
Khama, Ruth
Khama, Semane Setlhoko
Ririkumutima
Biya, Paul
Dibango, Manu
Pereira, Aristides Maria
Rafai
Nguembang, Kaltouma
Foncha, John Ngu
Silva, Baltasar Lopes da
Ruth-Rolland, JeanneMarie
Nimrod
Foning, Françoise
Veiga, Carlos
Oueddei, Goukouni
Sanusi, Muhammad alSabun <ayn>Abd al-Karim
Fuller, Joseph Jackson
Vialle, Jane
Gwet-Bell, Ernestine
Liking, Werewere
Milla, Roger
Mongo Beti
Ngu, Victor Anomah
Njeuma, Dorothy L.
Njoya, Ibrahim Mbombo
Oyono, Ferdinand
Oyono-Mbia, Guillaume
Samba, Martin-Paul
Carthage, Ancient
/Tunisia
Adherbal
Tombalbaye, François
Zemio Ikpiro, Zande
Touré, Khadidja
Elissa
Yusuf
Hamilcar Barca
Chad
Rabih al-Zabayr Fadl Allah
Hannibal
<ayn>Abd al-Karim
Hanno the Navigator
Allafi, Agnes
Himilco the Navigator
Colombia; England
Sancho, Ignatius
Bangui, Antoine
Mago
Brahim, Mariam
Comoros Islands
Dala Birni Bisse,
Muhammad
Djoumbe Fatima
Sophoniba
Teno, Jean-Marie
Towa, Marcien
Seid, Joseph Brahim
Zani-Fé Touam-Bona,
Marie-Josèphe
Central African
Republic
Tumi, Christian Wiyghan
Bamboté, Makombo
Yaou, Aïssatou
Bangassou
Zanga Tsogo, Delphine
Déby Itno, Idriss
Congo (Brazzaville)
Djadarab, Khalié Brahim
Bemba, Sylvain Ntari
Dordji, Fatimé
Biayenda, Émile
Gali, Sy Koumbo Singa
Gana, Moussa
Dongala, Emmanuel
Boundzéki
Iloo, Makoko
Bokassa, Jean Bedel
Gawrang II, Abdul
Rahman
Bozizé, François
Habré, Hissène
Dacko, David
Halimé, Hadjé
Darlan, Antoine Théophile
Kabo, Bourkou Louise
Darlan, Georges
Kamougue, Wadal
Abdelkader
Mabanckou, Alain
Éboué, Félix
Kemneloum Djiraibé,
Delphine
Massamba-Débat,
Alphonse
Franck, António Gabriel
Kodindo, Grace
Matsoua, André
Goumba, Abel
Koulamallah, Ahmed
Ndoundou, Daniel
Blouin, Andrée
Christian, George William
Boganda, Barthélemy
Kamanda, Kama Sywor
Cape Verde
Kolélas, Bernard
Almeida, Germano de
Lissouba, Pascal
B.Léza
Lopès, Henri
Evora, Cesaria
Gomes, Isaura
Domitien, Elisabeth
Gomes, Nácia
Lobo, Ildo
Lopes, Manuel dos Santos
Lura
Karnu
Lamko, Koulsy
Ngouabi, Marien
Monteiro, António
Manuel Mascarenhas
Kolingba, André
Lisette, Gabriel
Ntoumi, Pasteur
Morais, Luís Ramos
Patassé, Ange-Félix
Muhammad Sharif
Obenga, Théophile
Mwené
Lutete, Ngongo
Kingsley, Mary Henrietta
<ayn>Aziz, al-
Luvungi, Albert Lukusa
Kadima, Webe
<ayn>Ubayd, William
Makram
Sassou-Nguesso, Denis
Makiadi, Luambo
Sony Labou Tansi
Malula, Joseph Albert
Tati-Loutard, JeanBaptiste
Tchicaya U Tam’si
Matulu, Tshibumba Kanda
Cyrene, Ancient
/Libya
Mayengo, FrançoisMédard
Magas of Cyrene
Mobutu Sese Seko
Synesius of Cyrene
Tchicaya, Jean-Félix
Tchitchelle, Stéphane
Yhombi-Opango, Joachim
Monsengwo, Laurent
Pasinya
Youlou, Fulbert
Mpadi, Simon-Pierre
Msiri
Pheretime
Adrian of Canterbury
<ayn>Urabi, Ahmad
Muhammad
<ayn>Uthman, Amin
Abu al-Qasim
Abu Kamil Shuja
Abu Mahasin Taghribirdi
Abu Yusuf
Abu Zayd, Nasr Hamid
Djibouti
Afghani, Jamal al-Din
Muhammad al-
Aboubaker Ibrahim
Chehem
Ahmad Bey the Bosniak
Ahmed Dini Ahmed
Ahmad Zaki Abu Shadi
Aptidon, Hassan Gouled
Amasis
Bourhan, Ali Aref
Amin, Ali
Bakanja, Isidore
Nengapeta, MarieClementine Anuarite
Guelleh, Ismail Omar
Amin, Mustafa
Bemba, Jean-Pierre
Ngalifourou
Harbi, Mahamoud Farah
Amin, Qasim Muhammad
Bokeleale, Jean Itofo
Bokambanza
Nkashama, Pius Ngandu
Kamil, Abdallah Mohamed
Arafat, Yasser
Nsemi, Ne Mwanda
Siyad, William J. F.
Atrash, Farid al-
Pelendo, Isaac
Waberi, Abdourahman
Ay
Congo (Kinshasa)
Mudimbe, V. Y.
Abo, Wassis Hortense
Léonie
Mukenge, Kalamba
Adoula, Cyrille
Akudri Dada, Yoane
Dhanis, Francis
Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi,
Frédéric
Farnana, M’fumu Paul
Panda
Gbenye, Christophe
Gizenga, Antoine
Kabila, Joseph
Mulele, Pierre
Naweej I
Samba, Chéri
Aybak
Soki Dianzenza, Émile
Egypt
Azzam, Abd al-Rahman
Soki Vangu, Maxime
<ayn>Abbas Hilmi II
Tippu Tip
<ayn>Abd al-Rahman,
<ayn>A<hamza>ishah
Badr al-Jamali, Abu alNajm
Tshisekedi, Étienne
<ayn>Abd al-Raziq, Ali
Tshombe, Moïse Kapenda
Baha<hamza> al-Din
Zuhayr
Banna, Hasan al-
Vansina, Jan
<ayn>Abd al-Wahhab,
Muhammad
Wemba, Papa
<ayn>Abduh, Muhammad
Barsbay
<ayn>Ali Bey the Great
Barudi, Mahmud Sami al-
Kasa-Vubu, Joseph
Faïk-Nzuji Madiya,
Clémentine
Baybars I
Kimbangu, Simon
Dundulu, Mantantu
<ayn>Alluba, Muhammad
<ayn>Ali
Lumumba, Patrice Emery
Leopold II
Kabila, Laurent-Désiré
Kalonji Ditunga, Albert
Karl-i-Bond, Nguza
Barquq
Boutros-Ghali, Boutros
<ayn>Aqqad, <ayn>Abbas
Mahmud al-
Cavafy, Constantine
Sanu<ayn>, Yaqub ibn
Rafa<hamza>il
Cosmas III
Ibrahim Kahya al-Qazdagh
Murad, Layla
Durrell, Lawrence
Ibrahim Pasha
Musa, Nabawiyya
El Saadawi, Nawal
Ibrahim, Hafiz
Musa, Salama
ElBaradei, Mohamed
Islambuli, Khalid al-
Musabbihi, al-
Fahmi, <ayn>Abd al<ayn>Aziz
Isma<ayn>il
Mustansir Biallah,
Ma<ayn>ad al-
Shajarat al-Durr
Nadim, <ayn>Abdallah al-
Sharif, Omar
Sayyid, Ahmad Lutfi alSha<ayn>rawi, Huda
Shafik, Duriyya
Jarjara<ayn>i, Ahmad alFarid, Muhammad
Jawhar al-Siqilli
Faruq
Naguib, Muhammad
Shawqi, Ahmed
Fu<hamza>ad I, Ahmad
Jawish, <ayn>Abd al<ayn>Aziz
Nahhas, Mustafa al-
Shenouda III of Alexandria
Fuda, Faraj <ayn>Ali
John of Nikiu
Nasif, Malak Hifni
Sidqi, Isma<ayn>il
Gamasy, Muhammad
<ayn>Abdel Ghani al-
Kafur, Abu al-Misk
Nasir, al-Malik al-
Sirri, Husayn
Kamil, Mustafa
Nasser, Gamal Abd al-
Sitt al-Mulk
Kharkhuf
Nu<ayn>man, al-Qadi al-
Suyuti, Jalal al-Din al-
Kishk, <ayn>Abd al-Hamid
Nuqrashi, Mahmud Fahmi
al-
Tahtawi, Rifa<ayn>a
Rafi<ayn> al-
Qa<hamza>itbay
Taymur,
<ayn>A<hamza>ishah
Hafiz, Abd al-Halim
Hakim, alHanafi, Hasan
Kulthum, Umm
Haqqi, Yahya
Mahfouz, Naguib
Harb, Muhammad Talat
Qalawun
Mahir, <ayn>Ali
Hasanayn, Ahmad
Muhammad
Taymur, Mahmud
Qansuh al-Ghawri
Mahir, Ahmad
Qaradawi, Yusuf al-
Haykal, Muhammad
Husayn
Mahmud, Abd al-Halim
Qarafi, Shihab al-Din alMaimonides, Moses
Qutb, Sayyid
Hudaybi, Hasan
Isma<ayn>il al-
Malik al-Kamil, al-
Husayn, Ahmad
Mandur, Muhammad
<ayn>Abd al-Hamid Musa
Husayn, Kamal al-Din
Hussein, Taha
Ibn al-Haytham
Misri, <ayn>Aziz <ayn>Ali
alMubarak, <ayn>Ali
Ibn Daniyal, Shams al din
Muhammad
Mubarak, Jamal
Ibn Ridwan
Mubarak, Muhammad
Husni Sa<ayn>id
Ibn Wahb
Ibn Yunus
Ibrahim Bey
Ukasha, Tharwat
Wahbi, Yusuf
Wajdi, Muhammad Farid
Rif<ayn>at, Alifa
Ya<ayn>qub ibn Killis
Rushdi, Husayn
Ya<ayn>qubi, al-
Sabri, Ali
Yakan, <ayn>Adli
Sabri, Hasan
Yusuf, Fatima al-
Sadat, Muhammad Anwar
al-
Zaghlul, Sa<ayn>d
Maqrizi, alMarei, Sayyid
Turtushi, Abu Bakr
Muhammad al-
Ridwan Bey al-Faqari
Mansour, Joyce
Ibn al-Farid, <ayn>Umar
bin <ayn>Ali
Ibn al-Qifti
Rafi<ayn>i, <ayn>Abd alRahman al-
Tharwat, <ayn>Abd alKhaliq
Zawahiri, Ayman alSaladin
Zayyat, Ahmad Hasan alSalim, Salah
Zayyat, Latifa al-
Muhammad <ayn>Ali
Sanhuri, <ayn>Abd alRazzaq Ahmad al-
Zewail, Ahmed
Muhyi al-Din, Khalid
Ziwar, Ahmad
Abu Salih the Armenian
Hero of Alexandria
Rekhmira
Eritrea
Sawirus ibn alMuqaffa<ayn>
Herwennefer and
Ankhwennefer
Senwosret III
Abraham Afewerki
Seti I
Alemayo Kahsay
Fawwaz, Zaynab
Horapollon
Shenute
Alemseged Tesfai
Amin, Samir
Hypatia
Shoshenq I
Beyene Haile
Strabo
Giyorgis, Fesseha
Tefnakhte
Hailu, Gebreyesus
Theon
Ibrahim al-Mukhtar
Ahmad Umar
Imhotep
Egypt, Ancient
Inaros
Agatharchides of Cnidus
Julius Alexander, Tiberius
Ahhotep
Luxorius
Ahmose I
Manetho
Akhenaten
Menes
Alexander the Great
Narmer
Amenemhat I
Necho II
Amenemhat III
Nectanebo II
Amenhotep III
Nefertari
Anthony the Great
Nefertiti
Antiochus IV
Nonnus of Panopolis
Thutmose III
Tutankhamen
Udjahorresne
Cleopatra Selene
Khababash
Tiye
Ilen, Embet
Isaias Afwerki
Marqos
Michael Adonai
Reesom Haile
Ribka Sibhatu
England
Saba Kidane
Yemane Gebremichael
Victoria
Apion, Flavius
Origen
Abreha Tesemma
Kitchener, Horatio
Appian of Alexandria
Osorkon III
Asfaha Welde Mikael
Grenfell, George
Athanasius of Alexandria
Pappus of Alexandria
Bahta Hagos
Lane, Edward William
Battiads
Paynehsi
Belisarius
Philo of Alexandria
Bocchoris
Chaeremon
Clement of Alexandria
Cleomenes of Naucratis
Cleopatra VII
Cyril of Alexandria
Plotinus
Psammetichus I
Psammetichus II
Ptolemy
Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Demoz, Abraham
Ewostatewos
Equatorial Guinea
Filippos
Avila Laurel, Juan-Tomas
Gebre Meskel Woldu
Jones, Maximiliano
Hamid Idris Awate
Mañé Elá, Acacio
Haregot Abbay
Ndongo-Bidyogo, Donato
Haylu Tewelde Medhin
Nguema, Macías
Ibrahim Sultan Ali
Nsue Angüe, María
Diophantus of Alexandria
Ptolemy V
Dioscorus of Aphrodito
Ptolemy VI
Eratosthenes of Cyrene
Pyramid Kings
Lorenzo Taezaz
Euclid
Ramesses II
Osman Salih Sabbe
Hatshepsut
Ramesses III
Tedla Bairu
Idris Mohammed Adem
Obiang Nguema Mbasogo,
Teodoro
Kidane Maryam Kasa
Welde Mikael Selomon
Emmanuel Abraham
Kenenisa Bekele
Teferi Benti
Woldeab Woldemaryam
Emru Haile Selassie
Lalibela
Tekle Hawaryat Tekle
Maryam
Yaqob Gebre Iyesus
Ezana of Aksum
Lebna Dengel
Yeshaq Tewelde Medhin
Fasiladas
Mahmoud Ahmed
Frumentius
Makedda
Ethiopia
Gaki Sherocho
Mekonnen Desta
Abba Bagibo I
Gebre Heywet Baykedagn
Mekonnen Endalkachew
Abba Jifar II
Gebre Kristos Desta
Mekonnen Habte Weld
Abba Jobir
Gebre-Hanna
Mekonnen Welde Mikael
Abbe Gubegna
Gebru Desta
Meles Zenawi
Abebe Bikila
Gelanesh Haddis
Menen Asfaw
Afewerk Tekle
Gelawdewos
Mengesha Yohannes
Afewerq Gebre Iyesus
Germachew Tekle
Hawariyat
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Mengistu Lemma
Agegnehu Engida
Germame Neway
Mengistu Neway
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim alGhazi
Gobana Dacchi
Akale Weld
Gorgoryos
Aklilu Habte Weld
Guddinaa Tumsaa
Alula Engida
Gudit
Aman Mikael Andom
Haddis Alemayyehu
Amda Seyon I
Haile Gebrselassie
Asham of al-Habasha, al-
Haile Gerima
Ashenafi Kebede
Haile Mariam Mammo
Bakrii Saphalo
Haile Selassie I
Baro Tumsa
Heruy Welde Sellasie
Basilios
Husayn Jibril
Be’alu Girma
Husayn of Bale
Belay Zelleqe
Iyasu I
Berhanu Zerihun
Iyasu Mikael
Bilal ibn Rabah
Iyasus Moa
Boghossian, Skunder
Jootee Tulluu
Derartu Tulu
Kaléb
Elemo Qilxuu
Kebede Mikael
Menilek II
Mentewwab
Mikael Ali
Tekle Haymanot (1847–
1901)
Tekle Haymanot (1917–
1988)
Tekle Haymanot (d. 1313)
Tekle Tsadek Mekuria
Tesemma Eshete
Tesemma Nadew
Tesfa Seyon
Tewabech Ali
Tewodros II
Tewoflos
Tsega Ze'ab
Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin
Waaqoo Guutuu
Walatta Petros
Mikael Emru
Welde Giorgis Welde
Yohannes
Mikael Sehul
Workneh Eshete
Mulatu Astatke
Wubé Hayle Maryam
Onesimus Nesib
Yekunno Amlak
Pankhurst, Sylvia
Yohannes IV
Petros
Zemikael Aregawi
Ruufoo
Zera Yaqob
Sahle Selassie
Zewde Gabre-Sellasie
Senedu Gebru
Zewditu Menilek
Seyum Mengesha
African Eve
Susenyos
Taddese Birru
Taytu Betul
Tayye Gebre Maryam
France
Clot, Auguste Barthélemy
Lyautey, Louis-Hubert
Gabon
Forster, Hannah
Appiah, Kwame Anthony
Glover, Emmanuel Ablade
Anyentyuwe
Garba-Jahumpa, Ibrahima
Momodou
Armah, Ayi Kwei
Hutton-Mills, Thomas
Asante, David
Jiagge, Annie Ruth
Asantewa, Yaa
Jonah, Sam Kwesi Esson
Bannerman, James
Kofi
Benneh, George
Kotoka, Emmanuel Kwasi
Boakye, Kwasi
Kudjoe, Hannah
Botsio, Kojo
Kufuor, John
Brathwaite, Edward
Kamau
Kwame, Osei
Khan, Fatou
Lawrence, Fenda
Busia, Kofi Abrefa
Mahoney, Florence
Capitein, Jacobus Elisa
Johannes
Arboussier, Gabriel d’
Hydara, Deyda
Aubame, Jean-Hilaire
Jallow, Hassan Bubacar
Bongo Ondimba, Omar
Jallow, Momodou Ebrima
Bongo, Pascaline
Jammeh, Yahya
Dabany, Patience
Jawara, Dawda Kairaba
Endame Ndong, Félicien
Kaba, Fode
Fatou-Berre, Cecilia
Lima, Geraldo de
Issembé, Émile
Limann, Hilla
M’Ba, Léon
Mamboundou, Pierre
Lokko, Mary
N’jie, Louise Antoinette
Mba Abessole, Paul
N’jie-Saidy, Isatou
Casely-Hayford, Gladys
May
Mbadinga, Jean
Njie, Sally
Michonnet, Jean
Peters, Lenrie
Nassau, Robert Hamill
Sillah, Fode
Ndende, Jean-Baptiste
Small, Edward Francis
Ntchoréré, Charles
Casely-Hayford, Joseph
Ephraim
Mills, John Evans Atta
Chambas, Mohammed Ibn
Nimo, Koo
Conny, Jan
Nketia, J. H. Kwabena
Cugoano, Quobna
Ottobah
Nkrumah, Kwame
Danquah, Joseph Boakye
Obetsebi-Lamptey,
Emmanuel Odarquaye
Acheampong, Ignatius
Kutu
Danquah, Mabel Dove
Ocloo, Esther Afua
Darko, Amma
Oduyoye, Mercy
Raponda Walker, André
Afua Kobi
Rapontchombo, Félix
Adande
Dery, Peter Poreku
Okai, Kobina
Aggrey, James Emman
Kwegyir
Donkor, Nana Kofi
Okoh, Theodosia Salome
Aidoo, Ama Ata
Edusei, Krobo
Opoku, Albert Mawere
Akosua, Adoma
El Anatsui
Oyeeman Wereko Ampem
II
Akuffo, Fred
Emanuel, Christiana
Abiodun
Ponko, Yamoa Ponko
Ferguson, George Ekem
Protten, Christian
Freeman, Thomas Birch
Quaque, Philip
Frefre, Opoku
Quarshie, Tetteh
Gbedemah, Komla Agbeli
Rawlings, Jerry John
Ghamba, Muhammad al-
Reindorf, Carl Christian
Rawiri, Georges
Rogombe, Rose Francine
Saint-Dénis, Simone
Schweitzer, Albert
Akuffo-Addo, Edward
Wongo
Amu, Ephraim Koku
Brazza, Pierre Savorgnan
de
Mensah, E. T.
Ghana
Onanga Oyembo
Rapontchombo,
Antchouwé Kowe
Mahama, Edward
Andani II, Ya-Na Yakubu
Annan, Kofi Atta
Gambia
Ansah, Kwaw
Bensouda, Fatou
Appiah, Joseph Emmanuel
Sarbah, John Mensah
Smith, Venture
Tadjo, Véronique
Koinange wa Mbiyu
Sarbah, John, the Elder
Touré, Ahmed Sékou
Yacé, Philippe
Koinange, Peter Mbiyu
Snees, Jantie
Vaz, Bibiana
Sutherland, Efua
Theodora
Makandal
Kenya
Kungu wa Karumba
Touré, Samori
<ayn>Abdalla, Abdilatif
Likimani, Muthoni
Gachanja
<ayn>Umar Tal
Aoko, Gaudencia
Archinard, Louis
Argwings-Kodhek, Chiedo
More Gem
Kubai, Fred
Tani, Maame Harris
Teresa Chicaba
Turkson, Peter Kodwo
Appiah
Maathai, Wangari Muta
Latino, Juan
Macgoye, Marjorie
Oludhe
Blixen, Karen
Tutu, Osei
Maillu, David
Wharton, Arthur
Guinea-Bissau
Yaadom, Konadu
Carvalho Alvarenga, Rosa
de
Yakubu, Hawa
Cege wa Kibiru
Delamere, Hugh
Cholmondeley
Markham, Beryl
Clutterbuck
Masinde, Elijah
Desai, Manilal Ambalal
Mathenge, Stanley
Pereira, Carmen
Yikwan, Akyaawa
Dundas, Charles
Mazrui, Sheikh al-Amin
Cabral, Amílcar Lopes
Naa Zangina
Gakaara Wanjau
Mbatiany
Correia, Aurelia
Amo, Anton William
Gatu, John
Mboya, Tom
Gichuru, James Samuel
Greece
Mekatilili wa Menza
Ivory Coast
Gilisho, Parsaloi Ole
Moi, Daniel Torotich arap
Alliali, Camille
Gutu wa Kibetu
Herodotus
Habwe, Ruth
Msham, Mwanakupona
Binti
Jeevanjee, Alibhai Mulla
Mumia wa Shiundu
Juma Bhalo Sayyani,
Ahmad Nassir
Mungai, Anne
Angoulvant, Gabriel Louis
Bédié, Henri-Konan
Guinea
Blondy, Alpha
Bangoura, Hadja Mafory
Barry, Kesso
Clozel, Marie FrançoisJoseph
Muoria, Henry
Kaggia, Bildad
Camara, M’Balia
Muriuki, Godfrey
Dadié, Bernard Binlin
Kahiga, Samuel
Conté, Lansana
Murumbi, Joseph
Dagri-Diabaté, Henriette
Kamaru, Joseph
Diallo, Yacine
Mutahi, Wahome
Gbagbo, Laurent Koudou
Kariuki, Josiah Mwangi
Heard, Betsy
Keita, Fodéba
Keen, John
Muyaka bin Haji alGhassaniy
Keino, Kip
Mwakikonga
Kenyatta, Jomo
Mwangi, Meja
Kenyatta, Margaret
Ngei, Paul Joseph
Gervais, Jeanne
Houphouët-Boigny, Félix
Laye, Camara
Kourouma, Ahmadou
Martin-Cissé, Jeanne
Latrille, André
Monénembo, Tierno
Mockey, Jean-Baptiste
Kijumwa, Muhammad
Ngilu, Charity Kaluki
Niane, Djibril Tamsir
Ouattara, Alassane
Dramane
Kinyanjui wa Gathirimu
Ngonyo
Soro, Guillaume Kigbafori
Kivui wa Mwendwa
Ngugi wa Thiong’o
Skelton, Elizabeth Frazer
Njama, Karari
Lesotho
Qaddafi Family
Mhone, Guy
Njau, Rebeka
‘Mamohato Bereng Seeiso
Qaddafi, Mu<ayn>ammar
al-
Muluzi, Bakili
Nyanjiru, Mary Muthoni
Mofolo, Thomas Mokopu
Obama, Barack, Sr.
Moshoeshoe I
Obama, Hussein Onyango
Seeiso, Amelia 'Matsaba
'Mantsebo
Ochieng’, William Robert
Odhiambo, Elisha Stephen
Atieno
Sanusi, Sayyid
Muhammad bin <ayn>Ali
alRashid Rida, Muhammad
Madagascar
Amadu, Seku
Odinga, Jaramogi Oginga
Andrianampoinimerina
Bâ, Amadou Hampaté
Odundo, Magdalene
Liberia
Rabéarivelo, Jean-Joseph
Ogot, Bethwell Allan
Brooks-Randolph, Angie
Elizabeth
Radama I
Ogot, Grace Emily Akinyi
Ole Kulet, Henry
Olonana ole Mbatian
Oneko, Achieng
Onyango, Grace Monica
Akech
Caillié, René-Auguste
Ranavalona II
Doe, Samuel Kanyon
Ranavalona III
Rasoherina
Newport, Matilda
Malawi
Chibambo, Rose Ziba
Chilembwe, John
Keïta, Sunjata
Garvey, Amy Ashwood
Chimombo, Steve
Konaré, Adame Ba
Blyden, Edward Wilmot
Wang’ombe
Harris, William Wadé
Chipembere, Henry
Blasius Masauko
Chirwa, Orton Edgar
Ching’oli
Chirwa, Vera Mlangazuwa
Wangu wa Makeri
Mugo, Micere Githae
Keïta, Seydou
Weah, George Manneh
Russwurm, John Brown
Okot p’Bitek
Keïta, Salif
Tubman, William
Waiyaki wa Hinga
Leakey, Mary Douglas
Keïta, Modibo
Bingu wa Mutharika
Cary, Lott
Liyong, Taban lo
Kéita, Aoua
Banda, Hastings Kamuzu
Waciuma, Charity
Obbo, Christine
Gologo, Mamadou El
Bechir
Kati, Mahmoud
Perry, Ruth Sando
Tolbert, William Richard
Thuku, Harry
Diarra, Fatoumata
Dembélé
Johnson Sirleaf, Ellen
Owuor Anyumba, Henry
Singh, Makhan
Diabaté, Toumani
Cooper, Henry Nehemiah
Taylor, Charles
Senteu ole Mbatian
Diabaté, Siramori
Ranavalona I
Ouko, Robert
Samoei, Koitalel arap
Ahmad al-Bakka<hamza>i
al-Kunti
Ahmad Baba al-Massufi
al-Tinbukti
’Mantsopa
Mmanthatisi
Mali
Libya
Chisiza, Dunduzu Kaluli
Fagih, Ahmed
Kadzamira, Cecilia
Tamanda
Idris
Kamkwamba, William
Kawni, Ibrahim alMatar, Hisham
Mukhtar, Omar al-
Konaré, Alpha Oumar
Kouyaté, Seydou Badian
Kulubali, Mamari Biton
Mahmud III
Musa, Mansa
Ouologuem, Amadou
Yambo
Qasa
Kanyama Chiume, Murray
William
Sangare, Oumou
Mapanje, Jack
Sidibé, Malick
Sulayman, Mansa
Tierno Bokar
Shaykhani Ould
Muhammad al-Tulba
Choukri, Mohamed
Mernissi, Fatima
Chraïbi, Driss
Mohammed V
Traoré, Aminata Dramane
Sidiyya al-Kabir alNtishai<hamza>i
Dorantes, Esteban de
Mohammed VI
Traoré, Moussa
Sissako, Abderrahmane
El Bidaoui, Ahmed
Muhammad al-Burtughali
El Guerrouj, Hicham
Muhammad al-Shaykh
Touré, Ali Farka
Martinique; France
Mauritius
Elmaleh, Gad
Salih ibn Tarif
Césaire, Aimé
Poonoosamy, Radha
Fannu
Sayyida al-Hurra
Nardal, Jane
Le Clézio, Jean-Marie
Gustave
Fassi, Malika al-
Sidi al-Mukhtar al-Kunti
Fatima al-Fihri
Sidi Harazem
Hadad, Fatima
Tallal, Cha<ayn>ibia
Morocco
Ha-Mim
Tariq ibn Ziyad
<ayn>Abd al-Malik I
Hassan II
Toledano, Joseph
Bocchus I
<ayn>Abu Ya<ayn>qub
Yusuf (d. 1307)
Ibn al-Mashish al-Alami,
Moulay Abdasalam
Wansharisi, Ahmad al-
Bocchus II
<ayn>Ayyad ben Moussa
Ibn al-Nasir, Muhammad
Juba I
Abdallah al-Ghalib
Ibn al-Zayyat al-Tadili
Ptolemy of Mauretania
Abderrahman El Majdoub
Ibn Bajjah
Abu <ayn>Inan Faris
Ibn Idris, Ahmad
Zayani, Mouha Ou
Hammou
Abu al-Hasan <ayn>Ali ibn
Uthman
Ibn Rushd
Zaynab al-Nafzawiyya
Ibn Tufayl
Ibn Battuta, Muhammad
ibn Abdullah
Nardal, Paulette
Mauretania, Ancient
Tin Hinan
Mauritania
Ahmad ibn al-Amin alShinqiti
Ahmed Ould Ahmed
<ayn>Aida
Warzazi, Halima Embarek
Yahya Ibn Khaldun
Yusi, Abu al-Hasan al-
Abu Muhammad
<ayn>Abd al-Haqq II
Idris I
Fasi, Abu <ayn>Imran al-
Abu Yahya ibn <ayn>Abd
al-Haqq
Baba, Sidiyya
Idris II
Jazuli, Muhammad al-
Abu Yusuf Ya<ayn>qub
ibn <ayn>Abd al-Haqq
Judar Pasha
Daddah, Moktar Ould
Amina bint al-Hajj
<ayn>Abd al-Latif
Khattabi, Muhammad ben
<ayn>Abd al-Karim al-
Dimi Mint Abba
Ben Barka, Mehdi
Ma<hamza>mun
Chissano, Joaquim
Gouraud, Henri
Ben Jelloun, Tahar
Mansur, Moulay Ahmad
al-
Chiziane, Paulina
Hondo, Med
Benjelloun, Omar
Bartili al-Walati,
Muhammad al-
Mozambique
Albasini, João dos Santos
Cassamo, Suleiman
Coelho, João Paulo Borges
Marinid Dynasty
Ibn Twayr al-Janna
Kane, Aïssata
Ma<hamza>al<ayn>Aynayn
Nasr al-Din
Bin Jallun, <ayn>Abd alMajid
Couto, Mia
Marrakushi, Ibn alBanna<hamza> al-
Craveirinha, José
Mawlay Isma<ayn>il
Diogo, Luísa Dias
Mekki, Aicha
Guebuza, Armando
Chadid, Merieme
Chaoui, Touria
Chenna, Aicha
Guerra, Rui
Schmelen, Zara
Honwana, Luís Bernardo
Amadi, Elechi
Enwonwu, Benedict
Chukwukadibia
Amina
Khosa, Ungulani Ba Ka
Netherlands
Antera Duke Ephraim
Esan, Iyalode Wuraola
Adepeju
Knopfli, Rui
Tinne, Alexandrine
Petronella Francisca
Arinze, Francis
Ezenwa-Ohaeto
Awe, Bolanle
Fadipe, Nathaniel
Akinremi
Lopes, Bertina
Machel, Graça
Machel, Josina
Machel, Samora Moïses
Magaia, Lina
Malangatana Ngwenya
Mataka Nyambi
Matsangaíce Dyuwayo,
André Matade
Mondlane, Eduardo
Chivambo
Awolowo, Obafemi
Niger
Alassane, Moustapha
Bakary, Djibo
Azikiwe, Benjamin
Nnamdi
Hama, Boubou
Baba of Karo
Hamani, Diori
Babalola, Joseph Ayodele
Hawad
Babangida, Ibrahim
Badamosi
Ousmane, Mahamane
Rouch, Jean
Mutola, Maria Lurdes
Ngungunyane
Ayankunle, Lamidi
Baikie, William Balfour
Bandele Areogun, George
Bankole, Ayo
Nigeria
Bassey, Okon Asuquo
Fagunwa, D. O.
Fakeye, Lamidi Olonade
Falola, Toyin
Fawehinmi, Abdul-Ganiyu
Oyesola
Funtuwa, Bilkisu
Goldie, George Dashwood
Taubman
Gowon, Yakubu Jack
Green, Jonathan Adagogo
Ibrahim, Kashim
Ihetu, Dick
Santos, Marcelino dos
Abacha, Sani
Bello, Ahmadu
Sikobele, Muti Munene
Abani, Chris
Boro, Isaac Adaka
Ike, Chukwuemeka
Vincent
Simango, Columbus
Kamba
Abiola, Moshood
Kashimawo Olawale
Braide, Garrick Sokari
Daketime
Ikoli, Ernest
Simango, Uria Timotéo
Achebe, Chinua
Camp, Sokari Douglas
Soares de Resende,
Sebastião
Acholonu, Catherine
Obianuju
Clark-Bekederemo, John
Pepper
Sousa, Manuel António de
Ade Ajayi, Jacob Festus
Dairo, Isaiah Kehinde
Johnson, Samuel
Sousa, Noémia de
Adé, King Sunny
Dangote, Aliko
Jonathan, Goodluck
Eusébio
Adichie, Chimamanda
Ngozi
Dike, Kenneth
Kano, Muhammad Aminu
Duro-Ladipo, Abiodun
Koko, Frederick William
Ekpo, Margaret
Kuti, Fela Anikulapo
Ekwensi, Cyprian Odiatu
Duaka
Ladipo, Durodola Adisa
Namibia
Angula, Nahas
Geingob, Hage
Iivula-Ithana, Pendukeni
Maria
Kanuni
Kazahendike, Urieta
Afigbo, Adiele
Eberechukwu
Aké, Claude
Akintunde-Ighodalo,
Folayegbe Mosunmola
Iye Idolorusan
Jaja of Opobo
Lambo, Thomas Adeoye
Emecheta, Buchi
Lawal, Amina
Akitoye
Enahoro, Anthony
Alakija, Tejumade
Enwezor, Okwui
Alkali, Zaynab Amina
Imam, Abubakar
Macaulay, Herbert
Macaulay, Jide
Mallam Dendo
Saro-Wiwa, Ken
Nasalsa
Syphax
Mamani, Abdoulaye
Sawaba, Gambo
Paccius Maximus
Tacfarinas
Mba, Nina Emma
Sofola, Zulu
Piankhy
Juba II
Mbarga, Prince Nico
Soludo, Charles C.
Silko
Nwagboka
Sowande, Bode
Taharqa
Panama
Nwapa, Flora
Soyinka, Wole
Wayekiye Family
Bayano
Nzimiro, Mary
Tafawa Balewa, Abubakar
Timotheos
Obasanjo, Olusegun
Tinubu, Efunroye
Ojukwu, Chukwuemeka
Odumegwu
Tutuola, Amos
Twins Seven-Seven
Ojukwu, Louis Odumegwu
Ubesie, Uchenna Anthony
Okala, Janet
Ugbabe, Ahebi
Okekwe, Promise
Ogochukwu
Okigbo, Christopher
Ifekandu
Okigbo, Pius
Okocha, Augustine Azuka
Unigwe, Chika
Yakubu, Balaraba Ramat
Ali Gajideni
Ekarte, Daniels
Slessor, Mary Mitchell
Persia
Nubia, Ancient;
Sudan, Ancient
Artaxerxes III
Cambyses II
Amanishaketo
Amanitore
Portugal
Aspelta
Gama, Vasco da
Awaw
Gomes, Fernão
Harsiotef
Henry the Navigator
Merkurios
Nastasen
Norton de Matos, José
Mendes Ribeiro
Natakamani
Sebastian of Portugal
Okogie, Anthony
Olubunmi
Crowther, Samuel Ajayi
Okri, Ben
Gronniosaw, James Albert
Ukawsaw
Shanakdakhete
Roman Africa/Tunisia
Yaji, Hamman
Teqorideamani
Balbus, Cornelius
Alara
Clitomachus
Kashta
Constantinus Africanus
Shabaka
Cyprian of Carthage
Okundaye, Nike Monica
Okwei
Olajuwon, Hakeem
Idris Alawma
Equiano, Olaudah
Nedjeh
Omotoso, Kole
Onosode, Gamaliel
Oforitsenere
Nubia, Ancient
Shabataka
Donatus
Onwueme, Tess Osonye
Abar
Tanutamani
Flavius Nubel
Ositelu, Josiah Olunowo
Ameniras
Oyeyemi, Helen
Olajumoke
Arkamani
Pelewura, Alimotu
Ransome-Kuti, Funmilayo
Robin John, Little Ephraim
and Ancona
Sai, Akiga
Fulgentius of Ruspe
Arkamaniqo
Numidia, Ancient
/Algeria
George of Nubia
Hiempsal II
Georgios
Jugurtha
Julian
Massinissa
Longinus
Micipsa
Geiseric
Julius Maternus
Miltiades
Perpetua and Felicity
Tertullian
Victor of Vita
Habyarimana, Agathe
Scotland
Kane, Cheikh Hamidou
Scipio Africanus
Habyarimana, Juvénal
Clapperton, Hugh
Ken Bugul
Kagame, Alexis
Johnston, Keith
Ly, Abdoulaye
Roman Empire
Kagame, Paul
Park, Mungo
M’Bow, Amadou Makhtar
Augustus
Kayibanda, Grégoire
Cato the Elder
Kigeri IV
Senegal
Mambéty, Djibril Diop
Julius Caesar
Musinga, Yuhi V
Acogny, Germaine
Mame Diarra Bousso
Marius, Gaius
Mutara III Rudahigwa
Aline Sitoue Diatta
Mboj, Ndate Yala
Mark Antony
Nahimana, Ferdinand
Amadu Bamba
Mboj, Njembot
Pompey the Great
Ndori
Bâ, Mariama
Mbow, Penda
Sallust
Rugamba, Cyprien
Boilat, David
N’Dour, Youssou
Suetonius Paulinus
Rusesabagina, Paul
Boye, Mame Madior
Nazareth, Peter
Terence
Rwigyema, Fred
Coll-Seck, Awa Marie
Ndiaye, Iba
Gallus, Gaius Cornelius
Sebarenzi, Joseph
Diagne, Blaise
Panet, Léopold
Petronius, Publius
Umuhoza, Victoire
Ingabire
Diaw, Aminata
Sadji, Abdoulaye
Diba, Viyé
Savané, Marie-Angélique
Dieng-Kuntz, Rose
Sembène, Ousmane
Diop, Alioune
Senghor, Léopold Sédar
Umutesi, Marie Béatrice
Roman Mauretania
Caesariensi/Algeria
Heusch, Luc de
Alypius of Thagaste
Maal, Baaba
Diop, Birago Ismael
Seye, Younouss
São Tomé and
Príncipe
Diop, Boubacar Boris
Sow Fall, Aminata
Amador
Diop, Cheikh Anta
Sow, Fatou
Roman
Numidia/Algeria
Bandeira, Alda
Diop, David Léon
Mandessi
Sy, Kalidou
Apuleius, Lucius
Costa Alegre, Caetano de
Augustine of Hippo
Graça, Alda da
Monnica
Menezes, Ayres de
Optatus of Milevis
Menezes, Fradique de
Possidius
Neves, Maria das
Typhasius
Diop, Lat Dior
Diop, Majhemout
Diop, Ousmane Socé
Bagosora, Théoneste
Vieyra, Paulin Soumanou
Diop, Sokhna Magat
Diouf, Galandou
Laye, Seydina Issa Rohou
Fall, Amadou M’barick
Laye, Seydina Limamou
Faye, Safi
Sy, El Hajj Malik
Javouhey, Anne-Marie
Faidherbe, Louis Léon
César
Ka, Rokhaya Aminata
Maïga
Bâ, Ma Diakhou
Tenreiro, Francisco
Trovoada, Miguel
Bizimana, Augustin
Gitera, Joseph
Thiam, Awa
Kingsley, Anna Jai
Magigdine
Pinto da Costa, Manuel
Rwanda
Tall, Papa Ibra
Lamine, Mamadu
Johnson, James
Timacadde
Bleek, Wilhelm, and Lucy
Lloyd
Togane, Mohamud Siad
Boesak, Allan
Seychelles
St Jorre, Danielle MarieMadeleine de
Sokoto
Caliphate/Nigeria
Boraine, Alex
Yusuf Mahmud Ibrahim
Bosman, Herman Charles
Asma’u, Nana
Bello, Muhammad
Sierra Leone
Yaasiin Cismaan Keenadiid
Uthman Dan Fodio
Botha, Louis
Songhai Empire/Mali
Botha, Pieter Willem
Leo Africanus
Brand, Johannes Henricus
Casely-Hayford, Adelaide
Ber, Sonni Ali
Cheney-Coker, Syl
Somalia
Cummings-John,
Constance
Afrax, Maxamed Dahir
Aidid, Mohammed Farah
Dumbaya, Dala Modu
Breytenbach, Breyten
Dawud
Brink, André Philippus
Ishaq II
Bunting, Sidney Percival
Muhammed Ture
Buthelezi, Mangosuthu
Amiin, Cabdi Muxumed
Easmon, Raymond Sarif
Aways Mohamed, Sheikh
Caluza, Reuben Tholakele
Gulama, Ella Koblo
Axmed, Cabdullaahi
Yuusuf
Sosso
Kingdom/Senegal
and Mauritania
Cetshwayo ka Mpande
Horton, James Beale
Africanus
Dada Masiti
Kanté, Sumanguru
Coetzee, J. M.
Fergusson, William
Farah, Nuruddin
Cole, Ernest
Kabbah, Ahmed Tejan
Macaulay, Zachary
Galaal, Muuse Xaaji
Ismaaciil
Margai, Milton Augustus
Strieby
Hadrawi
Minah V, Matilda Lansana
Hasan, Muhammad
<ayn>Abdallah
Momoh, Joseph Saidu
Cameron, Edwin
South Africa
Colenso, Harriette
Abdurahman, Abdullah
Colenso, John William
Abrahams, Peter Henry
Cressy, Harold
Achmat, Adurrazack
Cronjé, Geoffrey
Hussen, Abdirizak Haji
Alexander, Jane
Dadoo, Yusuf Mohamed
Peters, Thomas
Ismail Mire Elmi
Alexander, Neville Edward
De Klerk, Frederik Willem
Sankoh, Foday
K’naan Warsame
Asmal, Kader
De Kok, Ingrid
Smart, Gumbu
Mariano, Michael
Autshumao
Dias, Bartolomeu
Stevens, Siaka Probyn
Mohamed Hashi Dhamac
Baard, Frances
Dingane
Wallace-Johnson, Isaac
Theophilus Akuna
Nassib Bunda
Baartman, Sara
Dingiswayo
Qasim Muhyiddin alBarawi, Sheikh
Ballinger, Margaret
Dinuzulu ka Cetshwayo
Yoko of Senehun
Falconbridge, Anna Maria
Barends, Barend
Raage Ugaas
Dlamini-Zuma, Nkosazana
Clarice
Easmon, John Farrell
Sharmaarke, Yaasiin Xaaji
Cismaan
George, David
King, Boston
Barnard, Christiaan
Neethling
Du Toit, Stephanus
Johannes
Beit, Alfred
Sharmarke, Abdirashid Ali
Dube, John Langalibalele
Biko, Steve
Siyad Barre, Mohamed
Duggan-Cronin, Alfred
Duiker, Kabelo Sello
Kruger, Stephanus
Johannes Paulus
Duncan, Sheena
Meer, Fatima
Sampson, Anthony
Mgqwetho, Nontsizi
Schreiner, Olive Emilie
Albertina
Kuzwayo, Ellen
Esau, Abraham
Millin, Sarah Gertrude
La Guma, Alex
Faku
Searle, Berni
Mnyele, Thami
La Guma, James
Fassie, Brenda
Sekhukhune
Moffat, Robert
Langalibalele
First, Ruth
Lekganyane, Engenas
Seme, Pixley Kaisaka
Mqhayi, Samuel Edward
Krune
Setiloane, Gabriel
Mthembu, Promise
Sexwale, Mosima Gabriel
Mtshali, Mbuyiseni
Oswald Joseph
Shaka Zulu
Fischer, Bram
Fugard, Athol
Fuze, Magema
Gandhi, Mohandas
Karamchand
Gluckman, Max
Goldblatt, David
Gomas, John
Gool, Cissie
Lembede, Anton
Muziwakhe
Luthuli, Albert John
Mvumbi
Shembe, Isaiah
Mxenge, Victoria
Shepstone, Theophilus
Madikizela-Mandela,
Winnie
Nandi
Mafekeng, Elizabeth
Ndebele, Njabulo
Magogo kaDinuzulu,
Constance
Ngoyi, Lilian Masebida
Magona, Sindiwe
Gordimer, Nadine
Magubane, Peter
Govender, Pregs
Maine, Kas
Grendon, Robert
Makeba, Miriam Zenzi
Hani, Chris
Malan, Daniel François
Sikakane, Joyce Nomafa
Simons, Ray
Nontetha Nkwenkwe
Sisulu, Albertina
Nontsikelelo
Ntsikana
Sisulu, Walter Max Ulyate
Nyembe, Dorothy
Slovo, Joe
Palmer, Josie
Smuts, Jan Christiaan
Paton, Alan Stewart
Sobukwe, Robert
Philip, John
Soga, John Henderson
Hertzog, James Barry
Munnik
Mandela, Nelson
Rolihlahla
Pillay, Navanethem
Soga, Tiyo
Jabavu, Davidson Don
Tengo
Manuel, Trevor
Plaatje, Solomon
Tshekisho
Sontonga, Enoch Mankayi
Jabavu, John Tengo
Masekela, Hugh
Ramapolo
Jabavu, Noni
Matshikiza, Todd
Jameson, Leander Starr
Matthews, Zacharia
Keodirelang
Joseph, Helen
Joubert, Elsa
Kadalie, Clements
Kgositsile, Willie
Kies, Ben
Kok III, Adam
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Krotoa
Stuart, James
Pretorius, Andries
Wilhelmus Jacobus
Stuart-Larrabee,
Constance
Ramaphosa, Matamela
Cyril
Suzman, Helen Gavronsky
Ramphele, Mamphela
Tabata, Isaac Bangani
Rathebe, Dolly
Tambo, Oliver Reginald
Retief, Piet
Tatamkhulu Afrika
Mbeki, Govan Archibald
Mvuyelwa
Rhodes, Cecil John
Theiler, Max
Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa
Rive, Richard Moore
Thibedi, Thibedi William
McBride, Robert John
Roux, Eddie
Tlali, Miriam Masoli
Mda, Zanemvula “Zakes”
Kizito Gatyeni
Rupert, Anton Edward
Tolkien, J. R. R.
Sachs, Albie
Tutu, Desmond Mpilo
Mawa
Maxeke, Charlotte
Van der Stel, Simon
Ahmad, <ayn>Aisha Musa
Nimeiry, Ja<ayn>far al-
Sudan/Funj
Verwoerd, Hendrik
Frensch
Ahmed, Su<ayn>ad
Ibrahim
Nyaruac Kolang
<ayn>Amara Dunqas
Oduho, Joseph
Badi III
Wicomb, Zoë
Alloron
Salih, al-Tayyib
Badi IV
Williams, Henry Sylvester
Anek Mathiang Yak
Awutiek
Taha, Mahmoud
Muhammad
Muhammad Abu Likaylik
Williamson, Sue
Xuma, Alfred Bitini
Azhari, Isma<ayn>il al-
Tijani al-Tayyib Babikr, al-
Xuma, Madie Hall
Babikr Badri
Tijani, Yusuf Bashir al-
Zapiro
Badawi, Su<ayn>ad alFatih Mohammed al-
Tunbul, Hamzah al-Malik
Zuma, Jacob
Gedleyihlekisa
Turabi, Hasan alBaker, Samuel White
Zenab, Caterina
Van Riebeeck, Jan
Bakhita, Josephine
Zubayr Rahma Mansur, al-
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Bashir, <ayn>Umar alSelim Aga
Dual Diu
Spanish America
Dunama Dibbalemi
Garrido, Juan
El-Salahi, Ibrahim
Mohammed
Muhammad
<ayn>Uthman al-Mirghani
Swaziland
Bhunu
Dlamini, Makhosini
Labotsibeni
Marwick, Allan Graham
Mswati II
Mswati III
Sobhuza I
Sobhuza II
Sudan, South
Valiente, Juan
Faqih <ayn>Ali
Ager Gum
Syria
Alier, Abel
Heliodorus of Emesa
Gbudwe
Sudan
<ayn>Abd al-Rahman alMahdi
<ayn>Abdallah
Jamma<ayn>
<ayn>Ali <ayn>Abd alLatif
<ayn>Ali Dinar bin
Zakariya
<ayn>Ali ibn Ibrahim
<ayn>Ali Khurshid
Gordon, Charles George
Bol, Kerubino Kuanyin
Idris ibn Muhammad alArbab
Bona Malwal
Isma<ayn>il, Fatima Talib
Garang, John
Loruwe, Michael
Jaden, Aggrey
Machar, Riek
Kiir Mayardit, Salva
Mboro, Clement
Lagu, Joseph
Mirghani, Ali al-
Surur, Eliaba James
Mirghani, Hasan al-
Tanzania
Abdulla, Muhammed Said
Bomani, Paul
Eliufoo, Solomon Nkya
Fatuma Binti Baraka
Fundikira I
Fundikira, Abdallah III
<ayn>Uthman Diqna
Muhammad Ahmad ibn
<ayn>Abdallah
Sudan/Darfur
Gurnah, Abdulrazak
Abdallahi Muhammad alTa<hamza>aishi
Muhammad al-Fadl
<ayn>Abd al-Rahman ibn
Ahmad Bukr
Hemedi Abdallah bin Said
el-Buhriy
Khalil Ibrahim
Muhammad
Heri, Bwana
Abdul-Hayy, Muhammad
Aboulela, Leila
Ahmad Bukr
Muhammad al-Nur
Musa Pasha Hamdi
Nasra bint <ayn>Adlan
Ngundeng Bong
Hussein, Ebrahim
Sulayman Solong
Isike
Jamal, Amir Habib
Muhammad ibn Ahmad
al-Alawi
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Boukpeti, Benjamin
Kûdjow Thomas
Munyigumba
Edorh, Sokey
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Folly, Anne Laure
Mwinyi, Ali Hassan
Gnassingbé Eyadéma,
Étienne
Japhet, Nkura Kirilo
Kahama, George Clement
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Burzuli, Abu al-Qasim al-
Kambona, Oscar Salathiel
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Kapuufi
Haddad, Tahar al-
Nyerere, Julius
Kawawa, Rashid
Nyungu-ya-Mawe
Gnassingbé Eyadéma,
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Orombo
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Rengua
Kimambo, Isaria N.
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Kinjikitile Ngwale
Semboja
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Shekulwavu
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Sina
Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul Emil
von
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Gulamhussein
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Hammi, Mohamed Ali alHammuda Pasha
Kader Coubadja Touré,
Mohamed Abdel
Ibn Abi Dhiaf, Ahmed
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Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani
Kpomassie, Tété-Michel
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Mlapa III
Ibrahim ibn Aghlab
Natchaba, Fambaré
Ouattara
Isaac Israeli ben Solomon
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Olympio, Sylvanus
Epiphanio
Savi de Tove, Jonathan
Batibo, Herman
Kabadou, Mahmoud
Khayr al-Din al-Tunisi
Manubiyya,
<ayn>A<hamza>isha alMassoudi, Mohamed El
Beji al-
Mandara
Bakari, Mtoro bin Mwinyi
Trinidad, Ghana
Marealle, Ndeghoruo
Kilamia
Rodney, Walter
Marealle, Thomas
Bushiri bin Salim
Mbegha
Fatuma
Tunisia
Meena, Ruth
Ruete, Emily
Abu Bakr al-Maliki
Meli
Sayyid bin Sultan
Abu Bakr ibn <ayn>Abd alRahman al-Khalwani
Merinyo, Joseph
Zwangendaba
Padmore, George
Adda, Gladys
Mirambo
Stanley, Henry Morton
Annabi, Amina
Mkwawa
Mnyampala, Mathias
Togo
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Agboyibo, Yawovi Madji
Bayram alKha<hamza>mis,
Mohamed
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Mongella, Gertrude
Aku, Martin Andréas
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Baeta, Robert
Ben Ali, Zine el-Abidine
Bin Shaykh, Tawhida
Mazari, Abu <ayn>Abd
Allah Muhammad alMeddeb, Abdelwahab
Memmi, Albert
Philip of Mahdiyya
Qabisi, <ayn>Ali ibn
Muhammad alRaqiq al-Qayarawani, alRhaïs, Elissa
Sahnun, Abu Said alTanukhi
Shabbi, Abu al-Qasim alSnoussi, Mohamed Ben
Othman alTalbi, Mohamed
Tamim ibn al-Mu<ayn>izz
ibn Badis
Kivengere, Festo
United States
Zimbabwe
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Temimi, Abdel Jelil
Kiwanuka, Benedicto
Mugumba
Belinda
Changamire, Dombo
Tha<ayn>albi, <ayn>Abd
al-<ayn>Aziz
Kiwanuka, Joseph
Nnakabaale
Du Bois, W. E. B.
Charwe
Turmeda, Anselmo
Kyomuhendo, Goretti
Delany, Martin
Chinamano, Josiah
Uthmana, Aziza
Lakwena, Alice Auma
Fortune, Amos
Chinamano, Ruth
Musa ibn Nusayr
Luwum, Janani Jakaliya
Wheatley, Phillis
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Ibn Khaldun
Lwanga, Karoli
Hadrami, Abu Bakr
Muhammad ibn al-Hasan
al-Muradi al-
Mamdani, Mahmood
Western Sahara
Coventry, Kirsty
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<ayn>Abd al-<ayn>Aziz,
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Mpanga, Joyce Rovincer
Uganda
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Amin, Idi Dada
Mukasa, Ham
Baamuta, Yusufu
Ssemukasa
Mulira, Rebecca
Chwa, Daudi
Cwa I
Dallington, Maftaa
Duhaga, Andereya
Bisereko
Chitepo, Victoria Fikile
Haidar, Aminatou
Gatsi Rusere
Hove, Chenjerai
Zambia
Museveni, Yoweri Kaguta
Banda, Rupiah
Mutebi II
Chiluba, Frederick
Muteesa I
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Mutaka
Muteesa II
Dongo, Margaret
Chona, Mainza Mathias
Jamela, Reuben
Kumalo, Lobengula
Lessing, Doris
Lozikeyi Dhlodhlo
Mahlangu, Magodonga
Mwanga, Basamula
Danieri
Kanyembo Ntemena
Neogy, Rajat
Kapwepwe, Simon
Mwansa
Marechera, Dambudzo
Kaunda, Kenneth
Kaboyo Olimi I
Nsubuga, Emmanuel
Kiwanuka
Masuka, Dorothy
Kafeero, Paul Job
Nyabongo, Elizabeth
Lenshina, Alice Mulenga
Lubusha
Mtukudzi, Oliver
Kaggwa, Apollo
Obote, Apollo Milton
Kakungulu, Semei
Lwakirenzi
Spartas, Reuben Ssedimbu
Sebanjja Mukasa
Mpezeni
Kasagama, Daudi
Tamale, Sylvia
Mulaisho, Dominic
Mulambwa
Katerega
Wainwright, Jacob
Wamala, Emmanuel
Mwanawasa, Levy Patrick
Winyi IV, Tito
Nkumbula, Harry
Mwaanga
Isegawa, Moses
Kabarega, Mukama
Kazibwa, Specioza
Wandira
Kimenye, Barbara
Kimera
Kisosonkole, Pumla
Nabudere, Dani Wadada
Wamara
Mai Chaza
Maranke, John
Mugabe, Robert Gabriel
Lewanika, Lubosi
Mugabe, Sally
Mujuru, Joyce Nhongo
Mungoshi, Charles
Mzingeli, Charles
Ncube, Welshman
Ndlovu, Masotsha
Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Phinda
Nehanda
Nemapare, Esau
Nkomo, Joshua Mqabuko
Nyangolo
Nyagumbo, Maurice
Nyandoro, George Bodzo
Samkange, Stanlake
Samkange, Thompson
Douglas
Savanhu, Jasper
Silundika, Tarcisius Malan
George
Sisulu, Elinor
Smith, Ian Douglas
Tembo, Biggie
Todd, Judith
Todd, Reginald Stephen
Garfield
Tsvangirai, Morgan
Vera, Yvonne
Win, Everjoice
Mzilikazi Khumalo
McCall Smith, Alexander
Nyanhehwe