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Dr. Raphael Armattoe: Renowned Ghanaian doctor who discovered the Abochi drug

Meserette KentakeAugust 12, 2015April 11, 2026

by Meserette KentakeAugust 12, 2015April 11, 20262

Raphael Ernest Grail Armattoe was a renowned Ghanaian doctor, anthropologist, author, poet, and politician. His research into the use of the Abochi drug against human parasites is widely reported...

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Ronald Moody: A Distinguished Sculptor

Meserette KentakeAugust 12, 2015June 20, 2020

by Meserette KentakeAugust 12, 2015June 20, 20200

Ronald Moody was a Jamaican-born sculptor, specialising in wood carvings. His work features in prestigious collections including the National Portrait Gallery, London and Tate Britain,...

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Lillian Evanti: The Classical Singer who could sing in five languages

Meserette KentakeAugust 12, 2015June 17, 2020

by Meserette KentakeAugust 12, 2015June 17, 20200

Annie Lillian Evans, who would later become the famed classical singer Lillian Evanti, was the first African American to sing grand opera professionally anywhere in...

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Solomon Carter Fuller: The first African American psychiatrist

Meserette KentakeAugust 11, 2015April 21, 2018

by Meserette KentakeAugust 11, 2015April 21, 20180

Dr.Solomon Carter Fuller was the first African American psychiatrist who made significant contributions to the study of Alzheimer’s disease. He was also one of the...

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Alex Haley: Author of ‘Roots’

Uchenna EdehAugust 11, 2015March 1, 2020

by Uchenna EdehAugust 11, 2015March 1, 20200

Alex Haley is the celebrated author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family (1976). By April 1977 almost two million hardcover copies of the...

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Matthew Henson: The first man to reach the North Pole

Meserette KentakeAugust 8, 2015August 8, 2023

by Meserette KentakeAugust 8, 2015August 8, 20230

Matthew Alexander Henson was the first African-American Arctic explorer to reach the North Pole in 1909, as part of the Peary Expedition. Over a period...

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Marie Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur: Empress of Haiti

Meserette KentakeAugust 8, 2015June 8, 2020

by Meserette KentakeAugust 8, 2015June 8, 20200

Marie Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur (1758-August 8, 1858 ), was the Empress of Haiti (1804-1806) as the spouse of Jean-Jacques Dessalines. Félicité was born in...

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Ralph Bunche: First Black to win a Nobel Prize

Meserette KentakeAugust 7, 2015April 21, 2018

by Meserette KentakeAugust 7, 2015April 21, 20180

[dropcap size=small]R[/dropcap]alph Bunche was an American political scientist, academic, and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize. He received it for having arranged a...

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James Peters: The first Black man to play rugby union for England

Meserette KentakeAugust 7, 2015June 26, 2020

by Meserette KentakeAugust 7, 2015June 26, 20201

James Peters was the first Black man to play rugby union for England. Peters was born on 7 August 1879 at 38 Queen Street Salford,...

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Susie King Taylor: The First Black Army Nurse

Meserette KentakeAugust 6, 2015August 6, 2020

by Meserette KentakeAugust 6, 2015August 6, 20200

Susie King Taylor was the first Black Army nurse, who tended to an all-Black army troop named the First South Carolina Volunteers, 33rd Regiment, during...

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