Global African History
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900-1978)
Educator, political campaigner, and women’s rights activist Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti was born Frances Abigail Olufunmilayo Olufela Folorunso Thomas on October 25,...
Ngina Kenyetta (1933- )
Ngina Kenyetta is the former First Lady of Kenya, widow of Mzee Jomo Kenyetta (the first president of Kenya), the...
Queen Turunku Bakwa (?-1566)
Scholars have been able to assemble only a meager amount of information about Queen Turunku Bakwa of Zazzau, at that...
Judith, Queen of the Falashas (10th c.)
Few scholars have seriously attempted to examine the origin and life of the 10th-century Black Jewish woman from the tribe...
Meaza Ashenafi Mengistu (1964- )
Meaza Ashenafi Mengistu, a human rights activist, broke barriers in Ethiopia when, in 2018, she became the first woman to...
Asnaketch Worku (1935-2011)
Actress, composer, vocalist, dancer, and harpist Asnaketch Worku is also known as Asnaqètch Wèrqu. She was born in 1935 in...
Glanis Changachirere (1983- )
Glanis Changachirere is a Zimbabwean feminist, human rights activist, and scholar. Changachirere is the founding Director of the Institute for...
The Saga of James Lloydovich Patterson: Child Film Star, Naval Officer and Poet
In the following article, Amy Ballard, Senior Historic Preservation Specialist Emerita, Smithsonian Institution, describes the life of Russian-born James Lloydovich...
George Tynes (1908-1982)
Soviet agricultural specialist and one of the first popularizers of turkey breeding in the USSR, George Tynes, was born in...