Africa – Liberia
Prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori (1762-1829)
Prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori was an African prince who was captured in 1788 and sold as an enslaved man...
Benoni Wilfred Urey (1957- )
Politician, philanthropist, and investor Benoni Wilfred Urey is one of the wealthiest Liberians and the founder of Lonestar Cell Mobile...
Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh (1956- )
Her Honor Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh, Liberia’s first female Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, was appointed in 2013....
John S. Moorhead (1905-2008)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]John S. Moorhead was a physician, surgeon, federal public health officer, and the first local Commissioner of Health in the...
Richelieu Dennis (1969- )
A successful entrepreneur, Richelieu Dennis, was born February 25, 1969 in Liberia the son of Mary Dennis. Dennis grew up...
Cuttington University (1887- )
Cuttington University in Liberia is the oldest private, coeducational, four-year degree granting institution and the oldest college or university in...
John Hanson (1791-1860)
John Hanson was a Liberian senator during the mid-19th century who has been erroneously claimed as the first Black president...
Calvin Edouard Ward (1925-2018)
Concert musician Calvin Edouard Ward was born on February 10, 1925, in Atlanta, Georgia, to Effie Elizabeth Crawford Ward, a graduate...
Ladinos and Bozales: A Brief Early History of Africans in Colombia: 1500-1800
Few people realize that the percentage of people of African ancestry in the South American nation of Colombia (7%) is...
