Africa – Nigeria
Damola Adamolekun (1989- )
Damola Adamolekun is a Nigerian-American business executive and restaurateur. He was the first Black CEO of P. F. Chang’s, a...
Christian Uzoma Onyeji (1967- )
Christian Uzoma Onyeji Sr., a composer, ethnomusicologist, and pianist, is deeply dedicated to promoting classical music drawn from Nigerian-based content...
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,...
Queen Turunku Bakwa (?-1566)
Scholars have been able to assemble only a meager amount of information about Queen Turunku Bakwa of Zazzau, at that...
The Obas of Benin: A Brief History of the Rulers of A West African State for Eight Centuries
In the following article, Collins Edigin, a historian at the University of Benin in Benin City, Nigeria, describes the rule...
Emmett John Rice (1919-2011)
Economist, academic scholar, and bank executive Emmett John Rice was born on December 21, 1919, in Florence, South Carolina to...
Princess Fifi Ejindu (1962- )
Offiong Ekanem Ejindu is a Nigerian architect, philanthropist, and businesswoman born in Ibadan, Nigeria in June 1962 to Professor Sylvester...
Grant Green (1935-1979)
American jazz guitarist, composer, and bandleader Grant Green, who recorded more than 30 albums, was an only child born to...
Ben Enwonwu (1917-1994)
The most celebrated African artist of the 20th century was the modernist sculptor-painter from Onitsha, Anambra, Nigeria, born Odinigwe Benedict...
