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Category Archives: History and Politics
Jakaya Kikwete
Image via Wikipedia From the publisher: We do not profile a sitting President. However, we make an exception. We have during the past year, never found a criticsm of President Jakaya Kikwete. Reading through many profiles, we found this man … Continue reading
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Tagged administrative secretary, Africa, Afro-Shirazi Party, ccm, criticsm, dar es salaam university, democratic republic of congo, deputy head prefect, district commissioner, jakaya kikwete, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, Kibaha Secondary School, leadership talents, natural choice, outposts, secondary school, secondary schools, student government, student leader, student politics, students council, tanganyika, tanu, Tanzania, united republic of tanzania, wikipedia
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Nelson Mandela-Happy Birthday
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Abdou Diouf
Abdou Diouf (Wolof: Abdu Juuf) (born September 7, 1935) was the second President of Senegal, serving from 1981 to 2000. Diouf is notable both for coming to power by peaceful succession, and leaving willingly after losing the 2000 presidential election to Abdoulaye Wade. He has … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Senegal
Tagged abdoulaye wade, administrative experience, coup d, diouf, independent power, international technical cooperation, la francophonie, latter position, léopold senghor, ministry of defense, ministry of foreign affairs, presidential election, progressive union, pulaar, saint louis, secondary school, secretary general, socialist party, sorbonne paris, ups
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Bishop Abel Muzorewa
Bishop Abel Tendekayi Muzorewa (14 April 1925 – 8 April 2010) served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia from the Internal Settlement to the Lancaster House Agreement in 1979. A Methodist bishop and nationalist leader, he held office for only … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, People, Religious leaders
Tagged canaan banana, central methodist college, fayette missouri, international personality, lay preacher, liberation movements, majority rule, masera, methodist bishop, methodist school, mutare, muzorewa, nashville tennessee, nationalist leader, ndabaningi sithole, rhodesia, s union, scarritt college, united methodist church, zimbabwe african national union
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Kwame Nkrumah
Kwame Nkrumah (21 September 1909 – 27 April 1972), was an influential 20th century advocate of Pan-Africanism, and the leader of Ghana and its predecessor state, the Gold Coast, from 1952 to 1966.
Posted in Ghana, History and Politics, Leader
Tagged achimota school, african students organization, beta sigma fraternity, decolonization of africa, george padmore, grace lee boggs, kwame nkrumah, marcus garvey, national secretariat, pan african congress, pan africanism, phi beta sigma, phi beta sigma fraternity, phi beta sigma fraternity inc, predecessor state, presbyterian churches, raya dunayevskaya, roman catholic seminary, russian expatriate, sacred theology
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Modibo Keïta
Modibo Keita (or Kéïta); (Bamako, 4 June 1915 – Kidal, 16 May 1977) was the first President of Mali (1960 – 1968) and the Prime Minister of the Mali Federation. He espoused a form of African socialism. He was born … Continue reading
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Tagged african socialism, assembly president, bamako, boigny, colonial rule, constituent assembly, coulibaly, councilor, democratic rally, french africa, french sudan, french west, gaillard, mali federation, modibo keita, president of mali, sikasso, theater group, tombouctou, william ponty
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Shaka
Shaka (sometimes spelled Tshaka, Tchaka or Chaka; sometimes referred to as Shaka Zulu; c. 1787 – c. 22 September, 1828) was the most influential leader of the Zulu Kingdom. He is widely credited with uniting many of the Northern Nguni … Continue reading
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Tagged brutality, chieftain, chieftains, historians, history of southern africa, large portion, long shadow, military genius, natal province, paramountcy, prerogatives, shaka zulu, statesmanship, tchaka, traditional zulu, uniter, usurper, wedlock, zulu king, zulu kingdom
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Lumumba Di-Aping
Lumumba Stanislaus-Kaw Di-Aping is a Sudanese diplomat, who is the chief negotiator for the G77 group of developing nations at the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009, in Copenhagen. The Republic of Sudan currently chairs the Group of 77. He … Continue reading
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Tagged african delegates, chief negotiator, china group, climate change conference, danish text, developing nations, disposables, george soros, global temperature, kaw, kyoto protocol, lumumba, media interest, one degree, republic of sudan, special drawing rights, stanislaus, suicide pact, united nations climate change conference, western countries
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Cheikh Anta Diop
Cheikh Anta Diop (29 December, 1923–7 February, 1986) was a Senegalese historian, anthropologist, physicist and politician who studied the human race’s origins and pre-colonial African culture. He has been considered one of the greatest African historians of the 20th century. … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, People, Senegal
Tagged african culture, african history, ancient egypt, ancient egyptians, cheikh anta diop, curie marie, early education, economics and sociology, egyptian mummies, einstein s theory of relativity, islamic school, joliot curie, marie curie, microscopic analysis, radiocarbon laboratory, s education, sagacity, scholarly journals, theory of relativity, university of paris
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Osei Kofi Tutu I
Osei Kofi Tutu I was one of the co-founders of the Empire of Ashanti, along with Okomfo Anokye, his chief priest. The Ashanti were a powerful, warlike, and highly disciplined people of West Africa, whose history goes back more than … Continue reading
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