Browsing: African Of The Month

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is a prominent Liberian politician and economist who served as the 24th President of Liberia, making her…

Amina of Zazzau, also known as Queen Amina or Amina of Zaria, was a legendary Hausa warrior queen of the…

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o is a renowned Kenyan writer, academic, and social activist, celebrated for his literary works and political activism.…

Nzinga Mbande, also known as Queen Nzinga or Njinga, was a 17th-century queen of the Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms in…

Haile Selassie, born Tafari Makonnen on July 23, 1892, in Ejersa Goro, Harar province, Ethiopia, was the last Emperor of…

Steve Biko was a prominent South African anti-apartheid activist and leader of the Black Consciousness Movement. Here is a brief…

Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897-1978) was a prominent Kenyan nationalist leader and the founding father of modern Kenya. He played a…

Who is Yaa Asantewaa? Yea Asantewaa was a queen of the Ashanti Kingdom in present-day Ghana. She is renowned for…

I’ll never forget what it was like growing up poor. I’ll never forget it was like my stomach churning because…

Called a ‘mad woman’ and arrested severally for her radicalism in the fight for a better Kenya, Wangari Maathai became…