Category Archives: Biography

Biographies of leading Africans

Jomo Kenyatta – The legacy of an outstanding statesman and a tru...

April 13, 2013 no comments

First president of Kenya and prominent independence leader. Born into dominant Kikuyu culture in the early 1890′s, Gatundu Division, Central Highlands, British East Africa (now Kenya), Kenyatta...

Profile: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala – Nigeria’s Finance Minister

April 13, 2013 2 comments

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala served as Managing Director of The World Bank Group since December 1, 2007 until August 2011. Dr. Okonjo-Iweala, a Nigerian national, founded NOI-Gallup polls, an indigenous N...

Profile: Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella – Director-General of the United...

February 25, 2013 no comments

Mr. Kandeh K. Yumkella is the Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). With over 20 years experience in international development cooperation, he has provid...

Profile: Professor Ngugi wa Thiong’o – Literary and Social...

February 25, 2013 1 comment

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, was born in Kenya, in 1938 into a large peasant family. He wa...

Profile: Dr. Arthur Abraham – One of Africa’s most remarka...

February 14, 2013 no comments

Dr. Arthur Abraham is a Sierra Leonean born academic, who studied history and anthropology and obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in History/African Studies from the University of Birmingham in the Unit...

Profile: Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim – An outstanding world statesman ...

February 6, 2013 no comments

Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim, who concluded his term of office as Secretary General of the Organization of African Unity on 17 September 2001 after serving an unprecedented three terms covering a period of ...

Profile: Chinua Achebe – one of the world’s most original ...

February 6, 2013 4 comments

Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe (born 16 November 1930) popularly known as Chinua Achebe, poet and novelist, is one of the most important living African writers. He is also considered one of the most orig...

Profile: Abdoulie Janneh – Executive Secretary of the United Nat...

February 3, 2013 no comments

Abdoulie Janneh hails from the Gambia in West Africa and is the seventh Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). He leads the organisation, the regional arm of ...

Profile: Asha-Rose Migiro – Deputy Secretary-General of the Unit...

February 3, 2013 no comments

Asha-Rose Migiro of the United Republic of Tanzania took office as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations on 1 February 2007.  She is the third Deputy Secretary-General to be appointed since ...

Profile: Kofi A. Annan – the seventh Secretary-General of the Un...

November 6, 2012 no comments

Kofi A. Annan of Ghana, the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, is the first to be elected from the ranks of UN staff. His first five-year term began on 1 January 1997 and, following his...

Profile: Sia Nyama Koroma – Sierra Leone’s First Lady R...

May 18, 2012 1 comment

Sia Nyama Koroma is the wife of Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, 4th democratically elected President of the Republic of Sierra Leone. Her matrimony is blessed with two daughters, namely Alice and Danké. Beyon...