Razia Sultan the first and only female Muslim ruler of medieval India (1236 – 1240), was also known as Raziya Al Din. She was of Turkish Seljuks slave ancestry and was trained to lead armies and administer kingdoms. Razia Sultana was the fifth Mamluk Sultan. She appointed an Abyssinian slave, Malik Jamaluddin Yaqut, to the […]
Category Archives: BIOGRAPHY
Research of world Great Personalities
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Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Mbacke was adept in Sufi Mysticism and used it successfully to resist French imperialism in Senegal. Sufi mystics followed a pious form of Islam and believed that a direct, personal experience of God could be achieved through meditation. … Sufism has come to mean those who are interested in finding a way […]
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Esther Afua Ocloo launched her entrepreneurial career as a teenager in the 1930s on less than a dollar! In addition to her own business, she taught skills to other women and co-founded Women’s World Banking (WWB), a global micro-lending organisation. On its website, the WWB microlending network says it lends to 16,4 million women around […]
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Feb
Archbishop Benson Idahosa of blessed memory had four children, three girls and a boy (Faith Emmanuel Benson Idahosa II) with his wife Mrs Margaret Idahosa. The now 50 year old Bishop Faith Emmanuel Benson Idahosa II, popularly known as Bishop FEB is a prominent man of God, exceptional professional and reputable entrepreneur who leads an […]
BIOGRAPHY
The Legend of Iyoba Idia – ( 1484 – 1540) Popularly Know as “Idia ne Iye Esigie” of The Ancient kingdom of Benin
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Iyoba Idia popularly known as “Idia ne Iye Esigie” was a renowned warrior-queen, skilled administrator, powerful priestess and the first Iyoba (Queen Mother) of the ancient Kingdom of Bini (Benin) in present-day Nigeria. Iyoba Idia’s visage is the most widely known face of an African royal woman after the Egyptian Queen, Ahmose-Nefertari or Nefertiti. Her […]
BIOGRAPHY
What Happened To The Late Chief Priest of “Kweku Fri Shrine” and Famous Herbalist, Nana Drobo II?
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Nana Kofi Drobo II was a herbalist, head of the Drobo Memorial Herbal Center and chief priest of the Kwaku Firi Shrine at Nwoase, near Wenchi, in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana from 1971 to 1992 His real name was Kofi Adawia and the first son of Nana Kofi Drobo I. He attended sunyani […]
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Veteran Gospel musician Diana Hopeson formerly called Diana Akiwumi is the last of seven children born to Francis Arhin and Ms. Hannah Amoo, who hail from Awutu Breku in the Central Region. She was born on August 30, 1970 in Accra, Ghana. She attended Bubiashie Cable and Wireless Primary School from 1976-1978, Eaton Preparatory School […]
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Lawyer Nana Akenten Appiah Menka was a founder member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and former Minister of State in the Second Republic. Mr Appiah Menka was an industrialist whose company, Appiah Menka Complex Limited, produced the famous but now defunct Apino soap. His Apino Soap became a subject of adverse political campaigning by […]
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Joshua Kwabena Siaw, popularly known as J. K. Siaw, was a Ghanaian entrepreneur and industrialist in the 1960s. He established Tata Brewery Ltd, which later evolved into Achimota Brewery Company (ABC) and now called Guinness Ghana Breweries. Kwabena Siaw was born in 1923 in the Eastern Region of Ghana although his parents come from the […]
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Rev. Bro Pius Kweku Agyeman, SVD, is a prolific Catholic Composer and a Historian with Vast Knowledge in Ghanaian Culture. The SVD attached to his name means he is a member of the Society of the Divine Word (S.V.D.), a Roman Catholic religious organization, composed of priests and brothers, founded in 1875 at Steyl, Netherlands […]
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Tracy Chapman was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 30, 1964, and at a young age, she moved with her family to Connecticut She was raised by her mother, who recognized her love of music from a young age, and despite not having much money, bought her a ukulele when she was just three. Musician […]
BIOGRAPHY, POLITICAL HISTORY
Biography of Alban Bagbin: The Veteran Parliamentarian Who Became Speaker of Parliament
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Jan
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Alban Bagbin of the opposition NDC (they have been in government before and have tasted power on several occasions) was elected speaker of the 8th Parliament of Ghana after a dramatic day in Parliament on January 7th 2021. This is the wonderful profile of the man who entered Parliament in 1993 at the unveiling of […]
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Joe Eyison popularly called: “Station Master” was a veteran musician and actor who identified mostly with the OBRA drama group of the 1980s. At the age of 41 Joe Eyison has been involved in the music business for some 15 years. After Joe’s primary education at Cape Coast and Takoradi Methodist Schools he took up […]
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The talented Nigerian rapper died on 22nd April 2010 (2020 marked a decade since he died) after he was involved in a ghastly freakish motor accident. The accident occurred at early hours of 14 April 2010 after a collision with a trailer conveying stationary in front of Alakara Police Station, off Agege motor road, Mushin, […]
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In the middle of 1950, a lot of Parties were formed based on tribal lines. Some of these parties included, the Northern People’s Party(NPP) led by Simon Diedong Dombo, a traditional chief from (Duori) in the Upper West Region of Ghana; Anlo Youth Organization, Muslim Association Party, Togoland Congress and many more. After Ghana attained […]
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Mahama taught high-school history for a few years before pursuing a postgraduate degree in social psychology from the Institute of Social Sciences in Moscow, which was awarded in 1988. After Mahama returned to Ghana, he worked in Accra as the Information, Culture, and Research Officer at the embassy of Japan until 1995. He then worked […]
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He was just four years old when his uncle, Prempeh I (the 13th Asantehene), his maternal grandmother, queen Nana Yaa Akyaa, and other family members were captured and exiled to the Seychelles Islands by the British in 1896. Prempeh I returned from exile in 1924 and died in May 1931, and Otumfuo Prempeh II was […]
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In 1982, Yellowman was diagnosed with skin cancer, and was told that he only had three more years to live. However, this prognosis proved to be inaccurate, and after several surgeries Yellowman was able to continue his career. The cancer went into apparent remission during this time! In an interview with a local tabloid, The […]
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Judy Boucher was born in 1964 at St. Vincent in the Caribbean. She is a reggae and R&B singer. Her singing career actually started in 1970! At age 16! After being in her brother’s band Judy Jack and the Beanstalk, she later became a solo artist. In 1985, Felix Da Silva, a local songwriter, wanted […]
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This is his confessional story: “My biggest obstacle at 1860 Munich (One of the oldest clubs in the Bundesliga 🇩🇪) was Thomas Hassler; there were times where I even prayed that he would pick up an injury so I could replace him. “I even paid for a cow to be slaughtered for a blood sacrifice […]