Alyssa Franz
Alyssa Snow is a fourth-year honors student at Northwest University. She is pursuing a major in biology and an art minor. After Alyssa completes her bachelor’s degree in May 2023, she plans on entering a career in environmental science and sustainability before pursuing a graduate degree.
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Hastings Banda (ca. 1896-1997)
Hastings Kamuzu Banda, the first president of Malawi, was initially presented to the Malawi people by British Colonial officials as...
Alhaji (Sir) Ahmadu Bello (1910-1966)
Alhaji (Sir) Ahmadu Bello was the Sardauna of Sokoto and leader of Nigeria’s northern region during the last years of...
Buganda (ca. 1375-1900)
Buganda, the largest of the medieval kingdoms in present-day Uganda, became an important and powerful state during the 19th century....
Osei Kofi Tutu (c. 1680-1717)
Osei Kofi Tutu, the fourth ruler of the Ashanti Empire, serving from 1701 until 1717, was also one of the...
Harry Thuku (1895-1970)
Harry Thuku, one of the pioneers of African nationalism in Kenya, was born in the Kambui region of the British...
General Yakubu Dan-Yumma Gowon (1934- )
Yakubu Gowon, Nigerian head of state during its civil war, was born in Northern Nigeria in 1934. Gowon joined the...
Kingdom of Oyo (ca. 1500-1837)
Oyo, a pre-colonial kingdom in present-day Nigeria, was founded in the 1300s. Established by Oranmiyan of the Yoruba people of...
Kingdom of Benin (1200 to the present)
Benin, a pre-colonial kingdom in what is now southwestern Nigeria, is believed to have been established before the eleventh century....
São Tomé Island
São Tomé, an African plantation society and slave trading post, lies in the Gulf of Guinea. First discovered around 1470,...
St. Augustine’s University (1867- )
St. Augustine’s University is a private, four-year coeducational liberal arts college located in Raleigh, North Carolina. St. Augustine’s was founded...
Xavier University [New Orleans] (1915- )
Xavier University is a private, four-year coeducational historically black university located in New Orleans, Louisiana; the campus is located one...
Oakwood University (1896- )
Oakwood College is a private, four-year coeducational historically black liberal arts university located in Huntsville, Alabama; the small urban campus...
