People in Global African History
Bola Ahmed Tinubu (1952-)
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the current President of Nigeria, was born into a Yoruba family in Osun State on March 29,...
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...
Paul Biya (1933- )
Paul Biya has been President of Cameroon since 1982. Biya was born on February 13, 1933, at Mvomeka’a, Meyomessala Subdivision,...
Samuel Matekane (1968-)
Samuel Matekane became Prime Minister of Lesotho on October 28, 2022. Ntsokoane Samuel Matekane was born on March 15, 1968...
Ibrahim Traore (1988-)
On September 30, 2022, Captain Ibrahim Traore led a military coup in Burkina Faso, overthrowing the government of Paul-Henry Sandaogo Damiba....
Adama Barrow (1965- )
Adama Barrow is a Gambian politician and real estate developer who is the third and current president of Gambia. Barrow...
Felix Tshisekedi (1963– )
Felix Tshisekedi, the current President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was born Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo on...
Joseph Leabua Jonathan (1914-1987)
Joseph Leabua Jonathan was the first Prime Minister of independent Lesotho. He was born on October 30, 1914, in Leribe,...
