Africa
45,751 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0068114 | biography | John S. P. Motloheloa | – | – |
| B-0068086 | biography | Eduardo Mondlane | 1920-1969 | – |
| B-0067726 | biography | Lord Kitchener | 1850-1916 | – |
| B-0067725 | biography | Dr Martin Luther King jr | 1929-1968 | – |
| B-0067421 | biography | Chief Dingiswayo | 1770 | – |
| B-0067328 | biography | Tielman Johannes de Villiers Roos | 1879-1935 | – |
| B-0067162 | biography | Hermanus Lethebe | Unknown-1929 | ✓ |
| B-0067979 | biography | Dr Gomolemo Mokae | – | – |
| B-0067978 | biography | Peter Mokaba | 1959-2002 | – |
| B-0067965 | biography | Conan Doyle Modiakgotla | – | – |
| B-0067953 | biography | Dilizantaba Mji | – | – |
| B-0067946 | biography | Esther Susanna Mentz | 1911-1986 | ✓ |
| B-0067940 | biography | Cynthia Shange | 1949 | ✓ |
| B-0067929 | biography | Colonel Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa | 1952-2008 | ✓ |
| B-0067867 | biography | Louis Problem Mkhize | 1940-2006 | ✓ |
BiographyJohn S. P. Motloheloa
John S. P. Motloheloa was born in Basutoland (now Lesotho), he grew up in the Orange Free State and went to Cape Town in 1938. In the mid…
BiographyEduardo Mondlane
Born in Manjacaze, Mozambique, the son of a tribal chief, Eduardo Mondlane worked for the UN and was also a History and Sociology Professor…
BiographyLord Kitchener
Best known for his famous recruitment posters bearing his heavily moustachioed face and pointing hand over the legend, "Your country needs…
BiographyDr Martin Luther King jr
American Civil Rights leader, influential and inspirational in many African lives For an excellent and richly linked biography, click here
BiographyChief Dingiswayo
Paramount Chief of the Mthethwa and leader of various northern Nguni groups who lived in the Zululand area before Shaka brought them under…
BiographyTielman Johannes de Villiers Roos
Tielman Roos was born in Cape Town on 8 May 1879. He was educated at the South African College qualified as an advocate when he was only 23…
BiographyHermanus Lethebe
Towards the end of 1929, the Minister of Justice, Oswald Pirow, announced a new bill, an amendment to the Riotous Assemblies Act, which…
BiographyDr Gomolemo Mokae
Gomolemo Mokae was born in Ga-Mokopane. He was the last of the eight children born of a Methodist minister, Reverend Modisagarekwe Michael…
BiographyPeter Mokaba
Peter Mokaba was born on 7 January 1959 in Polokwane, where he did both his primary and high school education. During the 1976 uprisings,…
BiographyConan Doyle Modiakgotla
Conan Doyle Modiakgotla was born at Thaba 'Nchu in the Orange Free State, he was a building contractor by occupation. During the 1920s he…
BiographyDilizantaba Mji
Born at Buntingville, Umtata, in the Transkei, he completed B.S. and M.S. degrees, then studied medicine at the University of the…
BiographyEsther Susanna Mentz
Mentz studied at the Conservatoire of Music at the University of Stellenbosch from 1929-1931. After this she spent some time making…
BiographyCynthia Shange
Cynthia Shange was born in Lamontville, Durban, in Kwazulu Natal. She started modeling in 1970 and went on to win several titles. In 1972…
BiographyColonel Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa
Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa was born in 1952. After joining the African National Congress’ military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in 1977,…
BiographyLouis Problem Mkhize
Curnick Ndlovu, the first leader of the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Regional Command in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), recruited Louis ‘Problem’…