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Alexander Crummell was an African-American Episcopalian minister, scholar, and educator, and was the first known Black person to get a degree from Cambridge University. Crummell was a key figure in the struggle for Black people’s rights in the United States, Great Britain, and the African continent. Alexander created the idea of pan-Africanism by drawing on […]

Thomas Risley Odhiambo was a Kenyan entomologist and environmental activist who dedicated his life to scientific development in the African continent.  Born in Mombasa, Kenya, on February 4, 1931, Odhiambo came from a humble background, where he was the first of 10 children, and his father worked as a telegraph officer. He began to provide […]