Africa – Tanzania
Josina Machel (1945-1971)
Josina Mutemba Machel was a revolutionary Mozambican fighter for FRELIMO who, like thousands of women, fought for independence for her...
Bibi Titi Mohammed (1926-2000)
Bibi Titi Mohammed was a Tanzanian politician and activist. She was born in June 1926 in Dar es Salaam, then...
Sidi Mubarak Bombay (a.k.a. Mbarak Mombée, 1820?-1885)
Sidi Mubarak Bombay, one of the most extensive travelers in sub-Saharan Africa in the 19th century, was honored for his...
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (1944- )
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is the President of Uganda, a post he has held since 1986. Museveni was born on September...
Filipe Jacinto Nyusi
(1959- )
The current president of Mozambique, Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, was born on February 9, 1959, at Mueda, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. His...
Paul Kagame (1957- )
Paul Kagame, the current President of Rwanda, was born in Gitarama, central Rwanda, on October 23, 1957, into a Tutsi family. In 1959...
Milton Obote (1925-2005)
Milton Apollo Obote was the first Prime Minister and second President of Uganda. Obote was born in the village of...
Olduvai Gorge (ca. 1,500,000 B.C.E)
The Olduvai Gorge or Oldupai Gorge is a paleoanthropological site in the eastern Serengeti Plain, near northern Tanzania, in East...
The Zanzibar Revolution of 1964
The Zanzibar Révolution of 1964, the most violent outbreak of anti-Arab violence in postcolonial African history, led to the demise...
