Africa – Egypt
Egyptian Agriculturalists Develop Irrigation and Animal Husbandry
Agriculture in ancient Egypt began in the Nile River Delta Region of northern Egypt and the fertile basin known as...
Pharoah Narmer (??—??)
Pharoah Narmer was the Egyptian monarch credited with uniting Upper and Lower Egypt in 3100 BCE and thus creating the...
Olga (Ollie) Burgoyne (1879-1974)
Olga “Ollie” Burgoyne, also known as Ollie Burgoyne-Calloway, was a singer and dancer specializing in Russian and other ethnic dances....
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou (1923-2023)
Yewubdar Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou was an Ethiopian nun and musician. Her music reflected a life that experienced several unexpected moves...
Emmerson Mnangagwa (1942- )
Zimbabwe’s current President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, was born on September 15, 1942, in Zvishavane, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). His parents were...
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (1954- )
Abdel Fattah Saeed Hassan Khalil al-Sisi, the current president of Egypt, was born on November 19, 1954, in Cairo, Egypt....
Francois M. Abboud (1931- )
Dr. Francois M. Abboud has a number of titles. He is Professor of Internal Medicine and of Molecular Physiology and...
Sheikh Muhammad Ayyad al-Tantawi (1810-1861)
Egyptian Sheikh Muhammad Ayyad al-Tantawi, one of the youngest teachers of Arabic studies in Egypt (at that time the Ottoman...
Mohamed Naguib (1901-1984)
Mohamed Naguib was the first leader of the Egyptian Republic. He was born in Khartoum, Sudan on February 20, 1901,...
