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MARIAMA BA: AFRICA`S GREATEST FEMINIST WRITER AND AN AWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF...
Mariama Bâ (April 17, 1929–August 17, 1981) was an iconic Senegalese author and feminist, who wrote in French. Ba is considered as one of the Africa`s best feminist writers. She achieved an instant...
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EFUA T SUTHERLAND: AFRICA`S FEMALE PIONEER DRAMATIST, CULTURAL VISIONARY AND...
Dr Efua Theodora Sutherland (27 June 1924—2 January 1996) was a celebrated Ghanaian playwright, director, children's author, poet and pioneer dramatist of international renown. She was also an teacher,...
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BUCHI EMECHETA: ONE OF THE AFRICA`S GREATEST WRITERS OF THE CONTEMPORARY TIMES
"Being a woman writer, I would be deceiving myself if I said I write completely through the eye of a man. There's nothing bad in it, but that does not make me a feminist writer. I hate that name. The...
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FLORA NWAPA: THE FIRST NIGERIAN WOMAN WRITER AND THE FIRST AFRICAN WOMAN TO...
"Mother, I cannot stay any more. A man said thathe has wept for the death that killed his friendbut he did not wish that death to kill him." ~ Flora Nwapa, Efuru (1966)Flora Nwapa, Africa`s first woman...
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GRACE OGOT: ONE OF THE AFRICA`S FINEST WRITERS AND THE FIRST WOMAN TO PUBLISH...
“Eee, that man’s daughter was built; we can’t refuse to acknowledge what our eyes are showing us tho! Owiny has brought us such a beautiful girl; a girl who shines like the sun’s eye; whois as pretty...
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GEORGE EMIL EMINSANG: THE FIRST WESTERN EDUCATED LAWYER IN WEST AFRICA, A...
George Emil Eminsang (ca 1833 – 1901) was the first Western-educated lawyer on Gold Coast (now Ghana), an unquestionable authority on aboriginal laws, an expert in commercial law (in today`s world...
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KOBINA SEKYI: NATIONALIST LAWYER, HARDCORE PAN-AFRICANIST, LAST PRESIDENT OF...
William Esuman-Gwira Sekyi, better known as Kobena Sekyi (1 November 1892, Cape Coast – 1956) was a nationalist lawyer, politician, writer  a celebrated Pan-Africanist in the Gold Coast (now Ghana). As...
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THE GREAT AKWASIDAE FESTIVAL OF THE ASANTE PEOPLE
To every African, festivals hold a special place in everyday life. They are occasions for re-union, remembrance and merry-making. Festivals are also occasions of mixed feelings as the dead are...
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K. O. MBADIWE: CELEBRATED NIGERIAN NATIONALIST, PAN-AFRICANIST, FEMINIST...
Kingsley Ozuomba Mbadiwe or K O Mbadiwe(1915–1990) was a celebrated Nigerian nationalist, Pan-Africanist, politician, feminist advocate, statesman and former government minister. He was one time...
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IFE PEOPLE: ANCIENT ARTISTIC, HIGHLY SPIRITUAL AND THE FIRST YORUBA PEOPLE
Ife people are ancient, originally spiritual, highly advanced artistic and agriculturalist Yoruboid-speaking people that forms the sub-group of the larger Yoruba people of West Africa, particularly in...
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MBONU OJIKE: NIGERIAN NATIONALIST, PAN-AFRICANIST, CULTURAL CRUSADER AND THE...
Mazi Mbonu Ojike (1912-1959) was an outspoken and fearless Nigerian nationalist, great pan-Africanist, an African cultural crusader, an an author and an activist for social justice and racial equality....
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SARA (KAMEENI) PEOPLE: ANCIENT SUN-WORSHIPING PEOPLE OF AFRICA
The Sara (Kameeni) are an amalgamation of ancient Sun-worshiping, fishery and sedentary agriculturalist Bongo-Bargimi-speaking people of Nilo-Saharan origins residing in southern Chad and Central...
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DUALA (DOUALA) PEOPLE: ONE OF THE CAMEROONIAN COASTAL ETHNIC GROUP TO HAVE...
The Duala (or Douala) are expert trading, skillful fishery and agriculturalist Bantu-speaking ethnolinguistic group of the forest region of southern Cameroon living on the estuary of the Wouri River....
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BAKWERI PEOPLE: ANCIENT FIERCE FIGHTERS, TRADITIONALLY SPIRITUAL,...
The Bakweri (or Kwe) are ancient fierce fighters, traditionally spiritual, customs-abiding and agriculturalist Mokwe-speaking people of Bantu origins who live on the steep but fertile slopes of the...
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EWONDO (YAUNDE) PEOPLE: THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF YAOUNDE, THE CAPITAL OF...
Ewondo or Yaunde are rain-forest agro-fishery and Kolo-speaking people of the larger Beti-Pahuin ethnic group of Bantu origin residing predominantly at Yaounde, the Capital city of Cameroon. In fact,...
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JOHN KABES: PROMINENT AFRICAN TRADER, ENTREPRENEUR, STATE-BUILDER AND ONE OF...
John Kabes (John Cabess or John Cabes) (c. 1640s-1722) was a prominent African trader, entrepreneur and a State-builder in the port city of Komenda, part of the Eguafo Kingdom, in the Gold Coast...
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BEMBA PEOPLE: MATRILINEAL, AGRARIAN AND THE THE LARGEST ETHNIC GROUP IN THE...
The Bemba ('BaBemba or 'Awemba' or 'BaWemba') are a cluster of matrilineal and agriculturalist ChiBemba-speaking ethnolinguistic group of Bantu extraction living in the northeastern high plateau of...
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CHIEF OLUWA (AMADU TIJANI): GREAT NIGERIAN NATIONALIST, PAN-AFRICANIST AND A...
Amodu Tijani, Chief Oluwa of Lagos, was a Nationalist leader and Idejo Chief who controlled a series of villages and towns in the Lagos area. He was an ardent founding member of the first...
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OGBIDI OKOJIE (ONOJIE OF UROMI): WARRIOR, NATIONALIST, AND THE GREATEST RULER...
Ogbidi Okojie, Onojie (king) of Uromi (1857 - February 3, 1944) was a great Nigerian Nationalist, freedom fighter and arguably the greatest ruler of the Esan people in what is now Edo State in Nigeria....
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ESAN (ISHAN) PEOPLE: ANCIENT WARRIORS, HIGHLY HOMOGENEOUS AND VIBRANT...
Esan (Ishan) people are ancient militaristic, highly homogeneous vibrant agro-fishery and Edoid-speaking people living in the Edo State, South-south geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Esan people who are...
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