People in Global African History
Zumbi dos Palmares (1655-1695)
Zumbi dos Palmares was a Brazilian Quilombola leader of a group of Afro-Brazilians who lived in maroon communities known as...
Saartjie (Sara) Baartman (1789-1815)
Saartjie (Sara) Baartman was one of the first black women known to be subjugated to human sexual trafficking. She was...
James Townsend (1737-1787)
James Townsend was an English Whig politician who served as Lord Mayor of London from 1772 to 1773. He also...
King Ezana of Axum (?- 360 CE)
King Ezana of Axum, the monarch of the Kingdom of Aksum (Now Ethiopia) from 320’s-360 CE, was credited with embracing...
Mohammed VI (1963- )
The current king of Morocco, Mohammed VI, was born in Rabat, Morocco on August 21, 1963. His parents were King...
Pharoah Narmer (??—??)
Pharoah Narmer was the Egyptian monarch credited with uniting Upper and Lower Egypt in 3100 BCE and thus creating the...
Cynthia Erivo (1987- )
Childhood English actress, singer and songwriter Cynthia Onyedinamanasu Chinasaokwu Erivo was born in Stockwell, London, England, on January 8, 1987....
Dingane (1795-1840)
Dingane ka Senzangakhona, a Zulu prince became the second king of the Zulu Kingdom after the death of its founder,...
Dingiswayo (1760-1817)
Dingiswayo, meaning “one in distress or exile,” was a Paramount Chief of the Mthethwa, a title that signified his leadership...
