Political Activists-Anti-Colonial Leader
Aristides Pereira (1923-2011)
Aristides Maria Pereira, the son of Porfirio Pereira Tavares and Maria das Neves Crus Silva, was the first President of...
El-Ouali Mustafa Sayed (1948-1976)
El-Ouali Mustafa Sayed was the first president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (formerly known as Spanish Sahara or Western...
Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo (1917-1999)
Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo was a Zimbabwean anti-colonialist revolutionary and politician who was vice-president of Zimbabwe from 1990 to his...
Anton de Kom (1898-1945)
Anton de Kom (Cornelis Gerhard Anton de Kom) was a Surinamese author, anti-colonial activist, trade unionist, and World War II resistance fighter. De Kom was...
André Rigaud (1761-1811)
Benoit Joseph André Rigaud was a Haitian political and military figure, who controlled Southern Haiti during the country’s civil war against the North, then...
Julien Raimond (1744-1801)
Julien Raimond was a wealthy indigo planter in Saint-Domingue. He is known for his political pamphlets and his struggle with the French...
Ruben Um Nyobè (1913-1958)
Ruben Um Nyobè is a little known but major figure in the African independence campaign. He was the first African...
Prince Louis Rwagasore (1932-1961)
Prince Louis Rwagasore was King Mwambutsa IV’s oldest son, and an important political figure in the history of Burundi, which...
Richard Moore Rive (1931-1989)
The novelist Richard Moore Rive was born March 1, 1931 in Cape Town, South Africa. His mother was Nancy Rive,...
