West Africa
3 lives
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49 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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Chinua Achebe
1930-2013West Africa3 chapters9 min
Chinua Achebe and the power of story
All 49 lives.
Showing 24 of 49N° 01 · West Africa
Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe and the power of story
1930-20133 ch
N° 02 · Central Malawi
William Kamkwamba
The Boy Who Caught the Wind
1987-Present3 ch
N° 03 · Nigeria and Pan
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji
He Built 3 Unicorns at 35
1991–Present3 ch
N° 04 · Ancient Egypt
Tutankhamun
The Boy King and the Golden Tomb
1332–1323 BCE3 ch
N° 05 · West Africa
Thomas Sankara
Bold Revolution
1949–19873 ch
N° 06 · Southern Africa
Steve Biko
The birth of Black Consciousness
1946-19773 ch
N° 07 · Central Kenya
Waruhiu Itote - General China
The divided life of a Mau Mau commander
1922-19933 ch
N° 08 · Central Kenya
Stanley Mathenge
The Mau-Mau General Who Vanished
1919-19553 ch
N° 09 · East Africa
Dedan Kimathi
Kenya’s fighter for land and freedom
1920-19573 ch
N° 10 · East Africa
Musa Mwariama
The Commander Who Stayed in the Forest
1920s-1960s3 ch
N° 11 · Central Kenya
Mũthoni wa Kĩrĩma
The Woman They Called Weaver Bird
1930-20233 ch
N° 12 · Central Kenya
General Kago
A forest commander in Kenya’s freedom struggle
1952-19543 ch
N° 13 · East Africa
General Tanganyika
Mau Mau General History Forgot
1952-19633 ch
N° 14 · Kenya
Wambui Otieno
Mau Mau’s Daughter who kept fighting for freedom
1936-20113 ch
N° 15 · Central Kenya and Nairobi
Mukami Kimathi
The woman behind Kenya’s hidden resistance
1927-20233 ch
N° 16 · Southern Africa
Nelson Mandela
The Long Road to Freedom
1918-20133 ch
N° 17 · Southern Africa
Thabo Mbeki
From underground activist to contested president
1942-20083 ch
N° 18 · Freetown
Kelvin Doe
How a Freetown teenager built solutions
2006-20173 ch
N° 19 · Southern Africa and the World
Oliver Tambo
The Man who Fought Apartheid on Global Stage
1917-19933 ch
N° 20 · South Africa
Albertina Sisulu
A nurse who helped free a nation
1918-20113 ch
N° 21 · South Africa
Charlotte Maxeke
Singer, scholar and pioneer of freedom
c. 1871-19393 ch
N° 22 · Southern Africa
Desmond Tutu
The Arch Who Challenged Apartheid
1931-20213 ch
N° 23 · Southern Africa
Robert Sobukwe
The Man Apartheid Tried to Silence
1924-19783 ch
N° 24 · West Africa
Liberia: Born Free, Still Becoming
179 years of hope and hard truths
1816-20263 ch
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