Ernest Cole (1940 – February 19, 1990) was a South African photographer.
Ernest Cole was born in Eersterust in Pretoria, South Africa in 1940. He left school early and became an unskilled labourer. His break came when he was employed by a Chinese studio photographer as his assistant. Here he picked up the basics of photography and obtained an old reflex camera. Read More
Lucas Valeriu Radebe (born 12 April 1969) is a former Leeds United and South African football player. During his career, Radebe was renowned for being a world-class centre back and a great ambassador for the sport.
He began playing in South Africa with Kaizer Chiefs, following this he moved to Premiership side Leeds United and over the course of several years firmly established himself as a club legend, retiring after having played over 200 matches for the Yorkshire side.
He captained not only Leeds United but South Africa, most notably at World Cup 2002 where he scored his only World Cup goal. Nelson Mandela famously said of Radebe; “This is my hero.” Read More
Vickie Remoe is a twenty something socialist, fashionista, concerned global citizen, Know-It-All, Africanist, self proclaimed “Biggest Swit Mot Na Salone”. Vickie is one of first “cool kids” to move back to Sierra Leone as early as 2007. Read More
Mende Nazer is a British author and human rights activist, whose work is mostly based on a former life as a slave in Sudan.
Nazer, who lived in a village near the Nuba mountains of Sudan with her family, was abducted and sold into slavery in Sudan when she was a child of twelve or thirteen (her birthdate is unknown) following an attack on her village. Although she had fled with her family into the mountains during the raid, she became separated from her family, and when a man caught her and promised he would protect her, she believed him, unaware that the man was a slavedealer. Read More
David Lekuta Rudisha (born 17 December 1988) is a Kenyan middle distance runner and world record holder in the 800 metres with a time of 1:41.09.
Born in kovai, Trans Mara District, Rudisha went to St. Francis, Kimuron Secondary School in Iten, Keiyo District which is known for nurturing several top runners. Initially he was a 400 metres runner, but his coach, Colm O’Connell, prompted him to try 800 metres. In 2006 he became the world junior champion over the distance. Read More
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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 to be an exception. Please read:
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (born October 7, 1950) is a Tanzanian politician, the fourth and current President of the United Republic of Tanzania. Kikwete was born inMsoga, Bagamoyo District, Tanganyika in present day Tanzania. Kikwete was also the Chairperson of the African Union from 31 January 2008 to 2 February 2009. Read More
Ernest Obeng (born 8 April 1956) is a retired Ghanaian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. His personal best time was 10.21 seconds, achieved in August 1980 in Budapest. Ghana boycotted the Olympic Games that year.
He won the gold medals at the 1979 African Championships and 1982 African Championships. Obeng also competed at the 1983 World Championships, and won the British AAA Championships in 1985.
Obeng also came 2nd in the World Cup 100m in 1981, finishing behind Allan Wells of Europe. He is now in charge of television operations for the IAAF, working from their offices in Monaco.
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 the food supply of hundreds of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Ejeta’s scientific breakthroughs in breeding drought-tolerant and Striga-resistant sorghum have been combined with his persistent efforts to foster economic development and the empowerment of subsistence farmers through the creation of agricultural enterprises in rural Africa. Read More
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 Sciences in Uppsala and is fluent in English, Swahili, Swedish andFrench. She is the widow of the former Tanzanian ambassador Wilson Tibaijuka who died in 2000. She is the second highest ranking African woman in the UN after Dr Asha Rose Migiro, the Deputy UN Secretary General (Who is also a Tanzanian). Read More
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RUSTENBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – JUNE 26: Ghana fans celebrate victory after the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Round of Sixteen match between USA and Ghana at Royal Bafokeng Stadium on June 26, 2010 in Rustenburg, South Africa. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images) |
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RUSTENBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – JUNE 26: Asamoah Gyan (R) of Ghana celebrates victory with Sulley Muntari and Lee Addy (L) of Ghana during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Round of Sixteen match between USA and Ghana at Royal Bafokeng Stadium on June 26, 2010 in Rustenburg, South Africa. (Photo by Phil Cole/Getty Images) |
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RUSTENBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – JUNE 26: John Pantsil of Ghana flies the national flag as he celebrates victory during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Round of Sixteen match between USA and Ghana at Royal Bafokeng Stadium on June 26, 2010 in Rustenburg, South Africa. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images) |
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