Africa – South Africa
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...
Mbuya Nehanda (c. 1840-1898)
Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana, also known as Mbuya Nehanda, was a Svikiro or spirit medium of the Zezuru Shona people. She...
Mmanthatisi (1784-1847)
Mmanthatisi was the chief military strategist of the Tlowka people in early 19th Century South Africa. Mmanthatisi was born in...
Alice Banze (?- )
Alice Banze, born and raised in Maputo, Mozambique, is a trained social scientist with a 25-year career in civil society...
Queen Nandi (1766-1827)
Queen Nandi was a South African Zulu Queen and mother to Shaka Zulu. She was born Nandi Ndlovukazi kaBhebe in...
Bibi Titi Mohammed (1926-2000)
Bibi Titi Mohammed was a Tanzanian politician and activist. She was born in June 1926 in Dar es Salaam, then...
Lewis Chitengwa (1975-2001)
Lewis Chitengwa was a Zimbabwean golfer who, in 1993, became the first Black person to win the South African Amateur...
Sibongile Sambo (1974- )
Aviation pioneer Sibongile Sambo, who was born in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, South Africa, in 1974, holds the distinction of being the...
Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Anglo-Zulu War was a conflict between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom from January 11 to July 4,...
