Jessica Snethen
Jessica Snethen is a 2009 graduate of the University of Washington where she received a BA degree in United States History, with a focus in the Civil War and Civil rights periods. She plans to pursue a Masters in History and Education.
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Alfonso I [King] (?-1543)
Born Nzinga Mbemba, King Alfonso I was the leader of the Kongolese people in the early part of the 16th...
Miriam Makeba (1932-2008)
Zenzile Miriam Makeba, world renowned South African singer, was born in Johannesburg on March 4, 1932. She studied music for...
William V. S. Tubman (1895-1971)
William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman, an Americo-Liberian, served 27 years as President of Liberia, longer than any president before or after...
Queen Nzinga (1583-1663)
Queen Nzinga (Nzinga Mbande), the monarch of the Mbundu people, was a resilient leader who fought against the Portuguese and...
Fela Kuti (1938-1997)
Fela Kuti was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria in the year 1938 as Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-KutFela Anikuplap Kuti. He later...
Wole Soyinka (1934- )
Akinwande Ouwole “Wole” Soyinka, the first African writer to win a Nobel Prize in Literature (1986) was born in Abeokuta,...
DeFord Bailey (1899-1982)
Country music pioneer DeFord Bailey was born in 1899 in Carthage, Tennessee. At the age of three, he was stricken...
