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History
African History
A Abacha, Sani
Abbas, Ferhat
Abd al-Qadir
Ādwa, Battle of
African Union
Africanus, Sextus Julius
Afrikaner Nationalism
Afwerki, Isaias
Ahidjo, Ahmadou
Ahmad, Muhammad
Ahmadu
Aidid, Mohamed Farah
Aksum, Kingdom of
Algerian War of Independence
Ali Bey
Ali, Muhammad (viceroy)
Ali (of Songhai)
Almohads
Almoravids
Amin, Idi
Andrews, William Henry
Awolowo, Obafemi
Azania
Azikiwe, Nnamdi
B Bagaza, Jean-Baptiste
Balewa, Sir Abubakar Tafawa
Banda, Hastings Kamuzu
Bantustans
Barbary Coast
Barghash ibn Sa‘īd
Barre, Mohamed Siad
Bashir, Omar Hassan al-
Batswana
Bédié, Henri Konan
Beit, Alfred
Ben Ali, Zine al-Abidine
Ben Bella, Ahmed
Benin, Kingdom of
Benjedid, Chadli
Berlin West Africa Conference
Biafra, Republic of
Biko, Stephen
Biya, Paul
Bizimungu, Pasteur
Black Consciousness Movement
Black Sash
Blyden, Edward Wilmot
Boer War
Bokassa, Jean-Bédel
Bongo, Omar (Albert-Bernard)
Bophuthatswana
Botha, Louis
Botha, P(ieter) W(illem)
Boumedienne, Houari
Bourguiba, Habib
Bouteflika, Abdelaziz
Brazza, Pierre Paul François Camille Savorgnan de
British East Africa
British South Africa
British West Africa
Buganda
Bunyoro
Buthelezi, Mangosuthu Gatsha
Buyoya, Pierre
C Cabral, Amílcar
Cameroons
Cape Liberal Franchise
Cape Province
Cetshwayo
Chilembwe, John
Chiluba, Frederick
Chissano, Joaquim
Ciskei
Colenso, John William
Compaoré, Blaise
Conté, Lansana
Cronjé, Piet Arnoldus
D Dacko, David
Daddah, Moktar Ould
Dadoo, Yusuf Mohammed
Dahomey, Kingdom of
dan Fodio, Usuman
De Klerk, F(rederik) W(illem)
Deby, Idriss
Defiance Campaign
Deventer, Sir Jacob Lewis
Diagne, Blaise
Dingane
Dingiswayo
Dinuzulu
Diori, Hamani
Diouf, Abdou
Doe, Samuel Kanyon
Dos Santos, José Eduardo
Du Toit, S(tephen) J(acobus)
Dube, John Langalibalele
Durban Riots
E East African Community
El-Krim, Abd
Eritrean People’s Liberation Front
Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front
Eyadéma, Gnassingbé
F Fairbairn, John
Fanon, Frantz
Faruk I
First, Ruth
Fischer, Abram Louis
French Congo
French Equatorial Africa
French West Africa
Frere, Sir Henry Bartle Edward
Front de Libération Nationale
Fuad I
G Ghana, Kingdom of
Goldie, George
Gouled Aptidon, Hassan
Gowon, Yakubu
Great Trek
Great Zimbabwe
Gumede, J(osiah) T(shangana)
H Habyarimana, Juvénal
Haile Selassie I
Hani, Chris
Hare, Fort
Hassan II
Hertzog, J(ames) B(arry) M(unnik)
Hintsa
Hobhouse, Emily
Houphouët-Boigny, Félix
Huddleston, Sir Trevor
I Ibrahim Pasha
Idris I
Idrisid
Inkatha Freedom Party
Ismail Pasha
Italian East Africa
Iyasus I
J Jabavu, John Tengo
Jagdeo, Bharrat
Jameson Raid
Jameson, Sir Leander Starr
Jammeh, Yahya
Jawara, Sir Dawda Kairaba
Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen
Jones, John David Rheinalt
Joubert, Piet (Petrus Jacobus)
Jugnauth, Anerood
K Kabila, Joseph
Kabila, Laurent-Désiré
Kadalie, Clements
Kagame, Paul
Kanem-Bornu Empire
Kasavubu, Joseph
Kaunda, Kenneth
Kenyatta, Jomo
Kérékou, Mathieu
Khama III
Khama, Sir Seretse
Khedive
King, Dick
Konaré, Alpha Oumar
Kruger, Paul
L Lembede, Anton Muziwakhe
Letsie III
Lij Iyasu
Lissouba, Pascal
Lobengula
Lugard, Frederick John Dealtry Lugard, 1st Baron
Lumumba, Patrice
Luthuli, Albert John
M Maathai, Wangari Muta
Machel, Samora Moises
Macías Nguema, Francisco
Mahomed, Ismail
Maji Maji Uprising
Malan, Daniel François
Mali Empire
Mamluks
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Mandela, Winnie
Mascarenhas Monteiro, Antonio
Masire, Quett Ketumile Joni
Mau Mau Rebellion
Mba, Léon
Mbeki, Govan Archibald Munyelwa
Mbeki, Thabo
Mboya, Tom
Menelik II
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Merriman, John Xavier
Mfecane
Micombero, Michel
Mkapa, Benjamin
Mobutu Sese Seko
Moffat, Robert
Mohammed V
Moi, Daniel arap
Mokhehle, Ntsu
Mondlane, Eduardo
Moors
Moshoeshoe
Moshoeshoe II
Mpande
Mswati
Mswati III
Mubarak, (Muhammad) Hosni
Mugabe, Robert Gabriel
Muhammad (Askia Muhammad)
Muluzi, Bakili
Musa
Museveni, Yoweri
Muzorewa, Abel Tendekayi
Mwene Mutapa Kingdom
Mwinyi, Ali Hassan
Mzilikazi
N Naguib, Muhammad
Nasser, Gamal Abdel
Natal (South Africa)
National Party (South Africa)
Natives Land Act
Naude, Beyers
Neto, Agostinho Antonio
Ngqika
Nimeiry, Gaafar Muhammad al-
Nkomati Accord
Nkomo, Joshua
Nkrumah, Kwame
Nonquause
Ntibantunganya, Sylvestre
Nujoma, Sam
Nxele, Maqana
Nyerere, Julius Kambarage
O Obasanjo, Olusegun
Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Teodoro
Obote, (Apollo) Milton
Old Dongola
Omdurman, Battle of
Oppenheimer, Harry Frederick
Oppenheimer, Sir Ernest
Orange Free State
Ousmane, Mahamane
P Pan-Africanism
Pan-Africanist Congress
Pass Laws
Patassé, Ange-Félix
Pereira, Aristides
Pharaoh
Philip, John
Plaatje, Solomon Tshekisho
Polisario Front
Pretorius, Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus
Psamtik II
Psamtik III
Q Qaddafi, Muammar al-
R Ramaphosa, Cyril
Ramses I
Rand Revolt
Ravalomanana, Marc
Rawlings, Jerry John
René, Albert
Retief, Pieter
Rharabe
Rhodes, Cecil John
Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Federation of
Riebeeck, Jan van
Rozwi Empire
Ruanda-Urundi
S Sadat, Anwar al-
Samory Touré
Sankara, Thomas
Sassou-Nguesso, Denis
Savimbi, Jonas Malheiro
Sayyid Sa‘īd ibn Sultan
Scott, (Guthrie) Michael
Scramble for Africa
Sekukuni
Senegambia
Senghor, Léopold Sédar
Shaka
Sharpeville Massacre
Shepstone, Sir Theophilus
Sisulu, Walter
Slabbert, Frederik van Zyl
Slave Coast
Slavery in Africa
Slovo, Joe
Smith, Ian Douglas
Smuts, Jan Christiaan
Sobhuza II
Sobukwe, Robert Mangaliso
Sofala
Soga, Tiyo
Soglo, Nicéphore
Songhai (empire)
Soshangane
Stanley, Sir Henry Morton
Stevens, Siaka
Steyn, Marthinus Theunis
Suez Crisis
Sundiata Keita
Suzman, Helen
T Tambo, Oliver
Taya, Maaouya Ould Sidi Ahmed
Theodore II (Ethiopian emperor)
Tippu Tip
Tolbert, William Richard, Jr.
Tombalbaye, François
Touré, Sékou
Transkei
Transvaal
Traoré, Moussa
Treurnicht, Andries Petrus
Trovoada, Miguel
Tshombe, Moise Kapenda
Tubman, William V(acanarat) S(hadrach)
Tutu, Desmond Mpilo
U Uitlander
Umar Tal
Umkhonto we Sizwe
V van der Stel, Simon
Venda (South Africa)
Verwoerd, Hendrik Frensch
Vieira, João Bernardo
Voortrekker
Vorster, Balthazar Johannes
W Wade, Abdoulaye
Welensky, Roy
Wet, Christiaan Rudolf de
X Xuma, Alfred Bitini
Y Yaméogo, Maurice
Youlou, Fulbert
Z Zafy, Albert
Zenawi, Meles
Zenobia
Zeroual, Liamine
Zimbabwe African National Union
Zimbabwe African People’s Union
Zululand
Zwangendaba
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