Josef Kony (1961?- )/Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)

“Image Ownership: STR/AP” Josef Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), was reportedly born in 1961 and raised in the northern Uganda village of Odek.  Kony was deeply influenced as a youth by Christianity.  Following the arrival of the first missionaries in what … Read MoreJosef Kony (1961?- )/Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)

Madam Efunroye Tinubu (ca. 1805-1887)

Efunporoye Osuntinubu Olumosa (often shortened to Efunroye Tinubu) was a shrewd and ambitious Nigerian business tycoon who wielded enormous economic power across Western Africa and political power in Abeokuta and Lagos. She was born around 1805 in the Yoruba town of Abeokuta in Western Nigeria. … Read MoreMadam Efunroye Tinubu (ca. 1805-1887)

Stuart Hall (1932-2014)

“Image Ownership: Public Domain” Stuart Hall was a leading 20th Century cultural theorist and a sociologist. Hall, widely known as a founder of British Cultural Studies and the Birmingham School of Cultural Studies, pioneered theories of multiculturalism. He is generally credited with expanding the field … Read MoreStuart Hall (1932-2014)

Malcolm Gladwell (1963- )

Bestselling author, journalist, and public intellectual Malcolm Gladwell was born in Fareham, Hampshire in southern England on September 3, 1963, the second son of Graham Gladwell, a British mathematics professor, and Joyce Nation, a psychotherapist from Jamaica. The couple first met at University College in … Read MoreMalcolm Gladwell (1963- )