Abbe Alexis Kagame
Kagame, philosopher, linguist, and historian, was born in 1912 in Kiyanza, Rwanda. A member of the traditional Tutsi royalty, Kagame was educated in the local minor and major seminaries there ...
Abd Allah ibn Yasin
Died 1059? Islamic scholar and one of the founders of the Almoravids movement; also known as Abdullah b. Yasin al-Gazuli and Abdallah ibn Rasin.The Almoravids movement of Abd Allah ...
Abdias Nascimento
An Afro-Brazilian scholar and writer, Abdias do Nascimento was born on 14 March 1914 in Franca, in Sao Paulo State, Brazil. His grandparents were slaves from Africa. After slavery was ...
Abé
Ethnic group of the Côte d’Ivoire, also known as the Abbe or Abbey.The Abé, numbering around 200,000, mostly live in the Agboville region of Côte d’Ivoire. One of some ...
Abeokuta, Nigeria
Capital of Ogun State, in southwestern Nigeria.The Egba leader Sodeke founded Abeokuta around 1830 as a settlement for a group of refugees from the collapse of the Oyo Kingdom. ...
Abid Mohamed Medoun Hondo
1936–Expatriate Mauritanian film director whose films focus on the experiences of Africans abroad.The son of farmers, Med Hondo was raised in the Atar region of Mauritania on the edge ...
Abidjan
Largest city and chief seaport in Côte d’Ivoire, located in the southeastern part of the country.The cultural and economic center of the Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan surrounds the Ébrié Lagoon ...
Abron
Ethnic group of West Africa, also known as Abrong, Bron, Brong, Bono, and Tchaman.The Abron inhabit the borderlands of Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Burkina Faso. They speak a Niger-Congo ...
Abuja
Official capital of Nigeria.The town of Abuja was founded by the Hausa Zazzua dynasty and conquered by the Fulani during their early-eighteenth-century jihad (holy war). Abuja is also home ...
Abusua
Abusua is an expression used by the Akan people of Ghana to denote the notion of clan or family. Within Akan society and culture, abusua basically refers to the concept ...
Accra
Capital, transportation hub, and largest city of Ghana.The political, economic, and cultural center of Ghana, Accra occupies a flat, level plain on the Atlantic coast. Originally the site of ...
Acholi
Ethnic group living primarily along the border of Uganda and Sudan; also called Acoli, Gang, or Shuli.The Acholi people live mostly in the Acholi district of Uganda, an 18,000-sq-km ...
Adangbe
Ethnic group of southeastern Ghana; also known as the Adangme, Adampa, Dangme, and Krobo.The Adangbe live primarily along Ghana's coast and in the hills of the Accra Plain. They ...
ad-Din Khayr
?–1546 Sixteenth-century corsair and Ottoman regent of the Maghreb, also called Barbarossa or Red Beard.Though some histories remember the man whose birth name was Khidr as Khayr ad-Din, the ...
Addis Ababa
Capital and largest city in Ethiopia.Addis Ababa is Ethiopia's political, commercial, manufacturing, and cultural center. Located at the approximate geographical center of Ethiopia, it is the hub of ...
Adinkra
Adinkra are visual forms that first achieved prominence among the Akan linguistic group whose members are now part of Ghana and the Ivory Coast. Its origin is uncertain but evidence ...
Adja
Ethnic group of West Africa, also known as Aja.The Adja primarily inhabit southern Benin and Togo. They speak a Niger-Congo language. The western Adja belong to the Ewe cultural ...
Afikpo
The Afikpo are a small subgroup of the Igbo, the largest ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria. The Afikpo account for around 672,000 of the approximately 25 million Igbo in Nigeria ...
Afonso I
C. 1460–1543 King of the Kongo kingdom, the first Kongo king to embrace Catholicism and European trade relations.Born Nzinga Mbemba, Afonso I ascended the throne in 1506 after the ...
African art
This entry contains two subentries: An Overview; and Contemporary African Art.African art presents unique potentials and challenges in terms of art historical engagement. One of the many advantages ...
