© Gunda W. C. – 2017HISTORY DIRECTORY PEOPLE IN HISTORY

© Gunda W. C. – 2017PEOPLEAbeid Aman Karume - Architect of the union between Zanzibar and Tanganyika Alafin - Title given to the King of the Oyo Empire in West Africa Anwar Sadat - Former President of Egypt, assassinated in 1981 Berber - Merchants provided capital and arranged caravans across the Sahara Desert Cecil Rhodes - Founder of Rhodesia and the DeBeers diamond company, believed strongly in imperialism and colonialism. Wanted the British Empire to go from Cairo to Cape Town

© Gunda W. C. – 2017Continue . . .Dr John Robert Moffat - Worked as a missionary in Rabai among the Ndebele, facilitated treaty between IBEACO and King Lobengula in South Africa Dr. David Livingstone - Opened up Africa to the British through his first and second journeys to Africa, missionary Dr. Louis Leakey - Discovered the skull of Dryopithecus on Rusinga Island in 1959 Eduardo Mondlane - First President of Mozambique under FRELIMO, was assassinated in 1969 Francisco D’Almeida - Lead the Portuguese conquest of East Africa coast in 1505

© Gunda W. C. – 2017Continue . . .Ghana Empire - Destroyed by Berber raiders, lasted from 790-1076 Hehe Chiefdom - An example of militarized centralized state in South-Central Tanzania Henry Morton Stanley - Found Dr. David Livingstone at Ujiji to assure the British Empire that Livingstone was still collecting data for the imperialists Henry the Navigator - Portuguese prince who was responsible for the beginning of European worldwide exploration Kabaka - The title given to the king of Buganda Karl Peters - Head of the German East Africa Company which was formed in 1884 to control German affairs in Tanganyika

© Gunda W. C. – 2017Continue . . .King Solomoni - Started the Ethiopian Empire in the 4th century Kingdom of Luba - Pre-colonial African kingdom in south-eastern Congo from 1585-1889 Kingdom of Lunda - Pre-colonial African kingdom in south-western Congo from 1665-1887 Kinjekitile Ngwale - Kolelo priest at Ngarambe who told people that his magic water would protect them from European bullets, mobilized followers against Germans before the Maji Maji war Kwame Nkrumah - First President of Ghana, early leader of Pan-Africanism Mkwawa - Hehe tribal leader who opposed German rule in Tanzania

© Gunda W. C. – 2017Continue . . .Mutapa - Kingdom which lasted from 1430-1760 in modern day Zimbabwe and Mozambique, builders of Great Zimbabwe Mzilikazi - Founded Matabele Kingdom, died in 1868Nok culture - Appeared around 1000BC and vanished around 200AD in central Nigeria, had advanced social system/arts Ogun - The Yoruba/Nigerian god of iron Othman Dan Fodio, Alhaj Omar, Ahmed Seku - Formed big Empires like Mandika and Sokoto Caliphate during the Jihad war in East Africa Otto von Bismarck - Chaired the Berlin conference of 1884/1885

© Gunda W. C. – 2017Continue . . .Patrice Lumumba - Former president of Congo-Kinshasa who was the first president assassinated in post-colonial Africa in 1961 Pierre De Brazza - French explorer who opened up Central Africa for French colonization north of the Congo River in Republic of Congo and Gabon Pombeiros - Early traders in Angola and Congo who obtained slaves Samora Machel - Former President of Mozambique, assassinated in 1986 Samori Toure - Creator of an Islamic state called the Wassoulou Empire in West Africa, resisted French for a long period of time

© Gunda W. C. – 2017Continue . . .Shaka Zulu - United Nguni people to form the Zulu kingdom. Born in 1787. Died in 1828. Sir Charles Elliot - First British governor of Kenya, stressed the establishment of a settler economy Sir D. Cameron - British governor of Tanganyika who was resisted by Tanganyikans Sultan Seyyid Said - Moved his capital from Muscat to Zanzibar in 1840, died in 1856 Sylvanus Olympio - Former President of Togo, assassinated in 1963 The Khoikhoi - The earliest inhabitants of the cape Vasco De Gama - Rounded the cape of Good Hope and entered the Indian Ocean in 1497