Biographies

Ibrahim Traoré (born 14 March 1988) is a Burkinabé military officer who has served as the interim leader of Burkina Faso since the September 2022 coup that removed interim president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. At 36 years old, Traoré is the world’s second-youngest serving state leader, after Icelandic Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir, and holds the distinction […]

Haile Selassie I: An Overview Haile Selassie I (Ge’ez: ቀዳማዊ ኀይለ ሥላሴ, meaning “Power of the Trinity”) was born Tafari Makonnen (later Lij Tafari) on July 23, 1892, and served as Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. Before ascending the throne, he acted as Regent Plenipotentiary under Empress Zewditu from 1916 to 1930. A

Thomas Sankara: The Revolutionary Leader of Burkina Faso Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (21 December 1949 – 15 October 1987) was a Burkinabè military officer, Marxist revolutionary, and Pan-Africanist who served as Burkina Faso’s President from 1983 until his assassination in 1987. His rise to power began with a coup in 1983, following his appointment as

Francis Kwame Nkrumah (21 September 1909 – 27 April 1972) was a Ghanaian politician, theorist, and revolutionary. He served as Prime Minister of the Gold Coast from 1952 until 1957, when it achieved independence from Britain. Following this, he became Ghana’s first Prime Minister and later its President, serving from 1957 to 1966. A key