Africa – Cameroon
Francine Gálvez (1966- )
Francine Gálvez, a multi-talented actress, journalist, and newscaster, holds the distinction of being the first Black woman to anchor a...
Thérèse Sita-Bella (1933-2006)
Thérèse Sita-Bella, born Thérèse Bella Mbida in 1933, was a Cameroonian film director who is widely acknowledged as the first...
Ahmadou Ahidjo (1924-1989)
Ahmadou Ahidjo was the first president of Cameroon. Ahidjo was born on August 24, 1924, at Garoua in northern Cameroon,...
Paul Biya (1933- )
Paul Biya has been President of Cameroon since 1982. Biya was born on February 13, 1933, at Mvomeka’a, Meyomessala Subdivision,...
Sam Mandi (a.k.a. Sam Sandi, 1895?-1937)
Afro-Polish soldier and professional athlete Sam Mandi was born in what was formerly known as the German colony of Kamerun...
Emmanuel “Manu” N’Djoké Dibango (1933-2020)
Manu Dibango was a saxophonist from Cameroon whose 60 years of experience in the music industry inspired some of the...
TransAtlantic Food Migration: The African Culinary Influence on the Cuisine of the Americas
In the article below, culinary historian Diane M. Spivey describes the centuries-old diaspora of African foods and cooking traditions in...
Paul Rusesabagina (1954- )
Paul Rusesabagina, a former Rwandan hotel manager who protected 1,268 people from the 1994 Rwandan genocide, was born in 1954 in a Hutu...
Louis Brody (a.k.a. Lewis Brody), 1892-1952)
Louis Brody was a prominent German actor and musician. He was born M’bebe Mpessa in Douala, Cameroon, on February 15, 1892. Little is known about...
