Europe – Portugal
Maria Mambo Café (1945-2013)
Maria Mambo Café was an Angolan economist and politician. She was a career member of the Movimento Popular de Libertação...
Isaura Tavares Gomes (1944- )
Cape Verde independence activist, women’s rights activist, and pharmacist Isaura Tavares Gomes was born on February 22, 1944, in Santiago,...
Lope Martin (1520?-?)
In 1564 Lope Martin, an Afro-Portuguese mariner, navigated the first round-trip voyage in the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to the...
Joseph Antonio Emidy (a.k.a. Joseph Emedy and Joseph Emedee, 1775-1835)
Afro-British musician, composer, and orchestra leader Joseph Antonio Emidy is believed to have been born sometime in the year 1775...
Antônio Vieira (1608-1697)
Jesuit priest, missionary, diplomat, orator, and theologian Antônio Vieira was born in Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, on February...
Jorge Lopes Bom Jesus (1962- )
Popularly known as JBJ, Jorge Lopes Bom Jesus is the 17th and current Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe....
Umaro Embaló
(1972- )
Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco Embaló has been serving as the President of Guinea-Bissau since February 27, 2020. Embaló was born on...
Luis Cabral (1931-2009)
The first president of independent Guinea Bissau was Luis Severino de Almeida Cabral who was born on April 10, 1933,...
Ricardo Paulo Chibanga (1942-2019)
Ricardo Paulo Chibanga is recognized as the world’s first documented African bullfighter. He was born on November 8, 1942, in...
