West Africa
2 lives
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26 lives. 12 regions. One library.
From the queen who refused to kneel to the woman who planted a forest. Every life is a short read. Pick where your curiosity is.
Featured life
David Walker
1796 - 1830United States3 chapters9 min
The Pamphlet that Shook the South
All 26 lives.
Showing 24 of 26
N° 01 · West Africa
Liberia: Born Free, Still Becoming
179 years of hope and hard truths
1816-20263 ch
N° 02 · United States
David Walker
The Pamphlet that Shook the South
1796 - 18303 ch
N° 03 · United States
Ida B. Wells
The Woman Who Counted the Killings
1862 - 19313 ch
N° 04 · United States
Madam C.J. Walker
From Washerwoman to Millionaire
1867 - 19193 ch
N° 05 · United States
Barack Obama
The journey to the White House
1961 - Present3 ch
N° 06 · Nigeria
The Benin Expedition of 1897
Fire, bronzes, and a kingdom tested
1857 - 19145 ch
N° 07 · South Africa
Winnie Mandela
The Fire in the Storm
1936 - 20183 ch
N° 08 · Nigeria
Ken Saro-Wiwa
The Man who Fought for Ogoni Land
1941- 19954 ch
N° 09 · Senegal
Léopold Sédar Senghor
The Poet Who Led Senegal to Freedom
1906 - 20013 ch
N° 10 · Senegal
Amadou Lamine-Guèye
He Turned Subjects into Citizens
1891 - 19683 ch
N° 11 · Senegal
Blaise Diagne
The Voice of Senegal Inside French Power
1872 - 19343 ch
N° 12 · Senegal
Lat Dior
Senegal’s King Who Refused to Bow
1842 - 18864 ch
N° 13 · Liberia
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Africa’s First Elected Female President
1938 - present3 ch
N° 14 · Kenya
Wangari Maathai
The Woman Who Planted a Forest
1940 - 20113 ch
N° 15 · Kenya
Mekatilili Wa Menza
The Widow who Fought with a Dance
1840s - 19203 ch
N° 16 · Ethiopia
Taytu Betul
Strategist of Adwa, Builder of Addis Ababa
1851 - 19183 ch
N° 17 · Egypt
Hatshepsut
Egypt’s Female Pharaoh
1479 - 1458 BCE3 ch
N° 18 · Angola
Nzinga
Queen of Ndongo and Matamba
1582 - 16633 ch
N° 19 · Ghana
Yaa Asantewaa
The Queen Mother who Defended the Golden Stool
1840 - 19213 ch
N° 20 · Nigeria
Queen Amina
The Warrior Queen of Zazzau
1533 - 16103 ch
N° 21 · West Africa
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
The Lioness of Lisabi
1900 -19783 ch
N° 22 · America
George Washington Carver
Learning, Land, and Listening Carefully
1864 - 19435 ch
N° 23 · America
Booker Taliaferro Washington
Building Power When Freedom Was Fragile
1856 - 19154 ch
N° 24 · America
Sojourner Truth
From a girl sold with sheep at auction to a woman who sued for her son and made a nation answer
1797 - 18834 ch
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2 lives
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1 life
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