João da Cruz e Sousa (November 24, 1861 — March 19, 1898) was a Brazilian poet and journalist, famous for being one of the first Brazilian Symbolist poets ever. he has received the epithets of “Black Dante” and “Black Swan”. He is […]
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J. E. Casely Hayford
Joseph Ephraim Casely-Hayford or Ekra-Agiman (29 September 1866–11 August 1930) was a Fante journalist, author, lawyer, educator, and politician who supported pan-African nationalism. He was born on 29 September 1866 in Cape Coast, in the British Gold Coast colony, now Ghana. […]
J. Benibengor Blay
J. Benibengor Blay (born 1915) was a Ghanaian journalist, writer, publisher and politician, who has been called “the father of popular writing in Ghana”. Life Blay was born in Half Assini and educated at the Regent Street […]
François Bassolet
François Djobi Bassolet (1933- 2 July 2001) was a Burkina Faso journalist, historian, and cultural leader. Bassolet was the first director of the Agence voltaïque de presse (AVP) from 1978 to 1981, which was later rename the Agence […]
Jean-Léonard Touadi
Jean-Léonard Touadi (born 25 January 1959 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo) is an Italian journalist, author and politician. Touadi was raised in France and immigrated to Italy in 1979. There, he rose to prominence as a television journalist […]
Igiaba Scego
Igiaba Scego is an Italian writer (Rome, 1974), of Somali origin. Biography After graduating in Foreign Literature at the First University of Rome (La Sapienza), she obtained her doctorate in pedagogy at the Third University […]
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is an American television host, actress, producer, and philanthropist, best known for herself-titled, multi-award winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history.[3] She has been ranked […]
