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Category Archives: People
Dr. Gebisa Ejeta
THE 2009 WORLD FOOD PRIZE was awarded to Dr. Gebisa Ejeta of Ethiopia, whose sorghum hybrids resistant to drought and the devastating Striga weed have dramatically increased the production and availability of one of the world’s five principal grains and enhanced … Continue reading
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Tagged academic standing, Africa, african continent, agricultural enterprise, agricultural enterprises, agricultural products, Agriculture, central ethiopia, crop productivity, Economic development, Ethiopia, Gebisa Ejeta, local authorities, mud floor, nongovernmental agencies, nutritional security, oklahoma state university, persistent efforts, profound impacts, Purdue University, rural village, scientific breakthroughs, sub-Saharan Africa, subsistence farmers, thatched hut, United States, world food prize
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Anna Tibaijuka
Dr. Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka (b.1950) is an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT). She is the highest ranking African woman in the UN System. Born in Tanzania, Tibaijuka studied Agricultural Economics at the Swedish University of Agricultural … Continue reading
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Tagged african woman, african women, agricultural economics, asha rose migiro, board member, Dar es Salaam, eastern africa, food security, fourth world conference, Fourth World Conference on Women, government delegation, human settlements, marginalized groups, Member States, Millennium Development Goal, scientific advisory board, secretary general of the united nations, security trade, sub-Saharan Africa, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, tanzanian government, un secretary general, united nations, united nations conference, world food summit, world summit
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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
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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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Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (born January 5, 1938 is a Kenyan author, formerly working in English and now working in Gĩkũyũ. His work includes novels, plays, short stories, essays and scholarship, criticism and children’s literature. He is the founder and editor of the Gikuyu-language journal, Mutiiri. … Continue reading
Posted in Literature & Arts, People, writers
Tagged Chinua Achebe, comparative literature, jomo kenyatta, kwame nkrumah, language journal, living in the united states, makerere university college, mau mau, mau mau rebellion, meja mwangi, mutiiri, Nelson Mandela, new york university, ngugi, performance studies, peter abrahams, thiong, university of california irvine, university of leeds, yale university
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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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Asha-Rose Migiro
Asha-Rose Mtengeti Migiro (born July 9, 1956 in Songea, Ruvuma Region, Tanzania) is a Tanzanian lawyer and politician. On January 5, 2007, she was named as theDeputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. She was formally appointed and assumed office on February 1. She is married to … Continue reading
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Tagged congo drc, council of ministers, democratic republic of the congo, deputy secretary general, entering politics, faculty of law, international cooperation, jakaya kikwete, migiro, minister of community development, minister of foreign affairs, ministerial committee, ministers meetings, new cabinet, republic of the congo, secretary general of the united nations, security cooperation, senior lecturer, united republic of tanzania, university of konstanz
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born September 15, 1977) is an acclaimed Nigerian writer. She is a native of Abba, Nigeria, in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra state, Southeast Nigeria. Her family is of Igbo descent. Born in the town of Enugu but grew up … Continue reading
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Tagged anambra state, biafran war, commonwealth writers, connecticut state university, descent 1, drexel university, eastern connecticut state, eastern connecticut state university, eastern nigeria, johns hopkins university, macarthur fellow, mansfield connecticut, nigerian writer, nsukka, purple hibiscus, summa cum laude, university in philadelphia, university of nigeria, wesleyan university, yale university
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Safi Faye
Safi Faye (b. November 22, 1943) is a Senegalese film director and ethnologist. She was the first Sub-Saharan African woman to direct a commercially distributed feature film. She has directed several documentary and fiction films focussing on rural life in … Continue reading
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Tagged african woman, fiction films, film director, film school, film sound, first feature film, french ministry, guest lecturer, hautes études, international recognition, jal, passante, passerby, rural life, safi faye, sorbonne, teaching certificate, university of berlin, university of paris, wolof
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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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