by | Feb 27, 2024 | Global African History, People
Writer Gary Younge was born in January 1969 in Hertfordshire, England, to Barbadian parents. He grew up in the town of Stevenage, which had a very small Black population at the time. Gary and his two elder brothers, Pat and Wayne, were brought up by their mother,...
by | Apr 19, 2022 | African Head of State, Global African History, People
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the current ruler of Sudan, was born on July 11, 1960, in Gandatu, Sudan. He was educated in local schools and joined the military as a young man. He rose through the ranks and in the early 2000s he was posted in the Darfur region as a senior...
by | Apr 4, 2022 | African Head of State, Global African History, People
Mohamed Naguib was the first leader of the Egyptian Republic. He was born in Khartoum, Sudan on February 20, 1901, to Youssef Naguib, an Egyptian army officer, and his wife Zohra Ahmed Othman. His secondary school education was at Gordon Memorial College in Khartoum,...
by | Mar 11, 2022 | African Head of State, Global African History, People
Ismail Al-Azhari was the first Prime Minister of independent Sudan from 1954 to 1956 and, also, served as President of Sudan from 1965 to 1969. Al-Azhari was born in Omdurman, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan on October 26, 1900. Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was a condominium, created by...
by | Mar 8, 2022 | African Head of State, Global African History, People
Salva Kiir Mayardit is the first and current President of South Sudan. Salva Kiir Mayardit (often referred to as Salva Kiir) was born on September 13th,1951 in Akon, Bahr El Ghazal province, Sudan. His father, Kuethpiny Thiik Atem was a cattle herder. His mother, Awei...
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