Africa-Benin
Kenneth E. Reeves (1951- )
Kenneth E. Reeves, the first African American Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts, was born Kenneth Errol Reeves in Detroit, Michigan, on...
Privel Hinkati (1988-)
In a sport historically defined as elitist and white, Privel Hinkati, born in Caen, France, and dual citizen of Benin,...
Patrice Talon (1958- )
Patrice Talon was elected President of Benin (formerly known as Dahomey) in 2016 and re-elected for a second term in...
Hubert Maga (1916-2000)
Hubert Maga was the first president of Dahomey (Benin). He was born on August 10, 1916 in Parakou a city...
Diallo Telli (1925-1977)
Diallo Telli Boubacar was the first General Secretary of the Organization of the African Unity (OAU), the pan-African body created...
Alfred-Amédée Dodds (1842-1922)
Alfred-Amédée Dodds, one of the ablest French army generals in the late 19th century, was mixed-race. Dodds was born February...
Carlotta Lucumi, “La Negra Carlota” (?- 1843)
Carlota Lucumi, a kidnapped African woman, is known as one of the leaders of the slave rebellion at the Triunvirato...
America’s Black Ambassadors: A Historical Snapshot
In the article below, Carlton McLellan, PhD, a senior fellow at the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST), briefly...
Thomas Fuller (1710-1790)
Thomas Fuller, often called “the Virginia Calculator,” was born in 1710, somewhere between the “Slave Coast” of West Africa (present-day...
