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Sheikh Usman dan Fodio, also known as Uthman ibn Fudi, was an Islamic scholar, teacher, writer and reformer born in December 1754 in Gobir, in present-day northern Nigeria. He became one of the most influential religious and political figures in nineteenth-century West African history.
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Denis Sassou Nguesso was born in 1943 in Edou, in the Republic of the Congo. A former military officer, he first became president in 1979 and served until 1992, when he lost the presidential election. He returned to power in 1997 following a civil war and has remained a central figure in Congolese and African politics.
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Major-General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi (3 March 1924 – 29 July 1966) was a Nigerian military officer who became Nigeria’s first military Head of State.
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Rudolph Arthur Marcus, born on 21 July 1923 in Montreal, Canada, was a distinguished theoretical chemist whose research profoundly advanced scientific understanding of electron-transfer reactions.
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Dingiswayo was an influential early 19th-century ruler of the Mthethwa polity in present-day KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Under his leadership, the Mthethwa expanded their influence among neighbouring northern Nguni communities through political alliances, military organisation and regional trade.
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Nana Sir Ofori Atta I (1881–1943) was the Omanhene, or paramount chief, of Akyem Abuakwa in the Gold Coast, present-day Ghana. Enstooled in 1912, he became one of the most influential traditional rulers during the colonial era.