West Africa
2 lives
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25 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.
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Thomas Sankara
1949–1987West Africa3 chapters9 min
Bold Revolution
All 25 lives.
Showing 24 of 25N° 01 · West Africa
Thomas Sankara
Bold Revolution
1949–19873 ch
N° 02 · Southern Africa
Steve Biko
The birth of Black Consciousness
1946-19773 ch
N° 03 · East Africa
Dedan Kimathi
Kenya’s fighter for land and freedom
1920-19573 ch
N° 04 · East Africa
Musa Mwariama
The Commander Who Stayed in the Forest
1920s-1960s3 ch
N° 05 · Kenya
Wambui Otieno
Mau Mau’s Daughter who kept fighting for freedom
1936-20113 ch
N° 06 · Central Kenya and Nairobi
Mukami Kimathi
The woman behind Kenya’s hidden resistance
1927-20233 ch
N° 07 · Southern Africa
Nelson Mandela
The Long Road to Freedom
1918-20133 ch
N° 08 · Southern Africa and the World
Oliver Tambo
The Man who Fought Apartheid on Global Stage
1917-19933 ch
N° 09 · South Africa
Albertina Sisulu
A nurse who helped free a nation
1918-20113 ch
N° 10 · South Africa
Charlotte Maxeke
Singer, scholar and pioneer of freedom
c. 1871-19393 ch
N° 11 · Southern Africa
Desmond Tutu
The Arch Who Challenged Apartheid
1931-20213 ch
N° 12 · Southern Africa
Robert Sobukwe
The Man Apartheid Tried to Silence
1924-19783 ch
N° 13 · United States
David Walker
The Pamphlet that Shook the South
1796 - 18303 ch
N° 14 · United States
Ida B. Wells
The Woman Who Counted the Killings
1862 - 19313 ch
N° 15 · South Africa
Winnie Mandela
The Fire in the Storm
1936 - 20183 ch
N° 16 · Nigeria
Ken Saro-Wiwa
The Man who Fought for Ogoni Land
1941- 19954 ch
N° 17 · Senegal
Amadou Lamine-Guèye
He Turned Subjects into Citizens
1891 - 19683 ch
N° 18 · Senegal
Blaise Diagne
The Voice of Senegal Inside French Power
1872 - 19343 ch
N° 19 · Kenya
Wangari Maathai
The Woman Who Planted a Forest
1940 - 20113 ch
N° 20 · Kenya
Mekatilili Wa Menza
The Widow who Fought with a Dance
1840s - 19203 ch
N° 21 · Ghana
Yaa Asantewaa
The Queen Mother who Defended the Golden Stool
1840 - 19213 ch
N° 22 · West Africa
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
The Lioness of Lisabi
1900 -19783 ch
N° 23 · 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
N° 24 · America
Frederick Douglass
How learning became his way out of slavery
1818 - 18954 ch
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The continent, in four quarters.
Southern Africa
4 lives
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2 lives
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3 lives
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1 life
Southern Africa and the World
1 life
South Africa
3 lives
United States
2 lives
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