“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; who...
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"MOTHER, I CANNOT STAY ANY MORE. A MAN SAID THAT HE HAS WEPT FOR THE DEATH THAT KILLED HIS FRIEND BUT HE DID NOT WISH THAT DEATH TO KILL HIM." ~ FLORA NWAPA, EFURU (1966) Flora Nwapa, Africa`s ...
"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....
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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 ...
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"A WOMEN MUST MARRY THE MAN WHO LOVES HER BUT NEVER THE ONE SHE LOVES; THAT IS THE SECRET OF LASTING HAPPINESS." - MARIAMA BA (1929-81) Mariama Ba, Iconic Senegalese novelist and campaigner fo...
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"As Always.... a Painful Declaration of Independence I have been happy being me: an African a woman and a writer. Just take your racism ...
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Nkusukum are one of the matriarchal, highly educated, fearless and agriculturalist Fantse-speaking people that forms the subset of the larger Borbor Mfantse (Fante) ethnolingusitic group residing...
The Mbochi (or M'Boshi) are a cluster of closely related ancient traders, boat-building and agro-fishery central African ethnic group of Bantu origin whose population is concentrated in the north...
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Nii Kwabena Bonnie III also known as Kwamla Theodore Taylor was a Gold Coast (Ghanaian) radical nationalist, traditional ruler and the single most successful massive boycott organizer of all time...
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 ...
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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 Ni...
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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 inter-t...
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 ...
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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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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. ...
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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 t...
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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 R...
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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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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 equ...
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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, particular...
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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 tim...
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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 re...
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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 G...
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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 wo...
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The Asantes (Ashantis) are traditional strict observers of Akan culture and as they are noted for "they don`t do things by halves." When Asantes do things they do it to the fullest, hate it or l...
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