by divimachine | Dec 5, 2023 | Global African History, People
Farida Charity is a community leader and peace activist who supports peace initiatives in the conflict-affected Yumbe district of northern Uganda. Very little is known about her personal life. Charity began her activism at a young age. At 15, she participated in peace...
by David H. Jackson Jr. | Nov 29, 2023 | Global African History, People
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Rose Kanyange Kabuye rose to the highest rank in the Rwandan Army. She was also an advocate for the training of women leaders. Rose Kanyange was born on April 22, 1961, in Muvumba, Rwanda, to Kabuye Kanyange of the ‘Bazigaba’ clan....
by Rozen-WheelerAdam | Dec 14, 2022 | Global African History, People
Sidi Mubarak Bombay, one of the most extensive travelers in sub-Saharan Africa in the 19th century, was honored for his assistance to British explorers and adventurers. Bombay, of waYao/Bantu ethnicity, was born in the Ruvuma Region of southern Tanzania around 1820....
by | Mar 9, 2022 | African Head of State, Global African History, People
Milton Apollo Obote was the first Prime Minister and second President of Uganda. Obote was born in the village of Akoroko in Uganda on December 28, 1925. He was the third of nine children born to his parents who were farmers. Obote was from the Lango ethnic group....
by IsaacApple | Jun 3, 2021 | Global African History, People
Vanessa Nakate is a Ugandan climate activist who led Uganda’s First Fridays for Future climate strikes and founded Youth for Future Africa and Rise Up Climate Movement to address climate concerns in the African continent and world at large. Nakate was born on November...
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