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Chinua Achebe Chinua Achebe ( , born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe; 16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic. His first novel "Things Fall Apart" (1958), often considered his best, is the most widely read book in modern African literature. He won the Man Booker International Prize in 2007.
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John Braine John Gerard Braine (13 April 1922 – 28 October 1986) was an English novelist. Braine is usually listed among the Angry Young Men, a loosely defined group of English writers who emerged on the literary scene in the 1950s.
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John Frank Clark John F. Clark is a professor and former Fulbright scholar who specializes in Central African Socio-Political and Economic Dynamics. He has conducted research in Congo-Brazzaville, the Democratic Republic of Congo and other Central African states, and has been recognized as one of the world's leading researchers and experts on Central Africa. Clark's signature scholastic style is indicative of the time he spent in Central and Sub-Saharan Africa. He was chair of the Department of International Relations at Florida International University from 2002–2007, and has lectured in Kampala, Uganda at Makerere University.
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Mark Jabalé John Mark Jabalé, OSB (born 16 October 1933), is the emeritus Bishop of Menevia. He was installed as bishop on 12 June 2001.
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John Fru Ndi Ni John Fru Ndi (born 7 July 1941) is a Cameroonian politician. He founded the Social Democratic Front (SDF), the main opposition party in Cameroon, in 1990, and he has led the party since then.
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Stephen Nehmé Blessed Esțfān Nehmé (Arabic: يوسف نعمة‎ ‎ ); 8 March 1889 – 30 August 1938) - born Yūsuf Nehmé - was a Lebanese Maronite professed religious from the Lebanese Maronite Order. Nehmé worked to alleviate people's pain during World War I through the distribution of food to those suffering from famine and was known for an intense devotion to the Mother of God. He worked in the fields of his convent and other monasteries and also worked in construction for a brief period - he became well known and other monasteries sought him to live with them for his spiritual insight and work ethic.
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Jean Marie Okwo Bele Jean Marie Okwo-Bele, MD, MPH (born February 23, 1957 in Banningville, Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo)) is a Congolese physician, epidemiologist, and public health expert at the World Health Organization (WHO). He was appointed Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals of the WHO in 2004.
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John Pordage John Pordage (1607–1681) was an Anglican priest, astrologer, alchemist and Christian mystic. He founded the 17th century English Behmenist group which would later become known as the Philadelphian Society when it was led by his disciple and successor, Jane Leade.
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Ralph Hone Major-General Sir Herbert Ralph Hone {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (3 May 1896 – 28 November 1992) was a British Army officer, barrister and colonial administrator.
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Chidi Chike Achebe Chidi Chike Achebe MD, MPH, MBA is a physician executive. He is currently the Chairman and CEO of AIDE - African Integrated Development Enterprise. He has served as the President and CEO of Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center as well as Medical Director of the Whittier Street Health Center and as Assistant Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr Achebe currently serves as medical consultant; Clean water for kids - an NGO that brings fresh water to underserved communities in Liberia; and advisor for Tesfa Health, Bahirdar, Ethiopia.
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Benjamin Bosse Benjamin Bosse (November 1, 1875 – April 22, 1922) was the mayor of Evansville, Indiana, from 1914 until his death in 1922. During his term as mayor Bosse oversaw that the horse-drawn fire carriages were replaced, the Evansville Police Department moved into a separate Police Station, the paving of most downtown streets were paved with brick, and the city built several new public markets. The city's Public Recreation Department was also formed, resulting in the construction of Evansville’s first public playgrounds, tennis courts and swimming pools. He was also a supporter of Frank Fausch, who founded Evansville's National Football League team, the Evansville Crimson Giants.
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The Mbari Club The Mbari Club was a centre for cultural activity by African writers, artists and musicians that was founded in Ibadan, Nigeria, in 1961 by Ulli Beier, with the involvement of a group of young writers including Wole Soyinka and Chinua Achebe. "Mbari", an Igbo concept related to "creation", was suggested as the name by Achebe. Among other Mbari members were Christopher Okigbo, J. P. Clark and South African writer Ezekiel Mphahlele, Frances Ademola, Demas Nwoko, Mabel Segun, Uche Okeke, Arthur Nortje and Bruce Onobrakpeya.
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Trevor Huddleston Ernest Urban Trevor Huddleston, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (15 June 1913 – 20 April 1998) was an English Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Stepney in London before becoming the second Archbishop of the Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean. He was best known for his anti-apartheid activism and his book "Naught for Your Comfort".
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John Harrison Clark John Harrison Clark or Changa-Changa (c. 1860–1927) effectively ruled much of what is today southern Zambia from the early 1890s to 1902. He arrived alone from South Africa in about 1887, reputedly as an outlaw, and assembled and trained a private army of Senga natives that he used to drive off various bands of slave-raiders. He took control of a swathe of territory on the north bank of the Zambezi river called Mashukulumbwe, became known as Chief "Changa-Changa" and, through a series of treaties with local chiefs, gained mineral and labour concessions covering much of the region.
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John Basmajian John V. Basmajian, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (June 21, 1921 – March 18, 2008) was a Canadian academic and scientist. He was known for his work in rehabilitation science, specifically in the area of electromyography and biofeedback.
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John E. Hines John Elbridge Hines (October 3, 1910 – July 19, 1997) was a bishop in the Episcopal Church in the United States. When he was elected the 22nd Presiding Bishop in 1965, at the age of 54, he was the youngest person to hold that office, which he held until 1974. Desmond Tutu, Archbishop of Cape Town, said Hines' movement to divest church-held assets in that nation played an important role in the demise of apartheid.
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John Bowle (writer) John Bowle (1725 – 1788) was an English clergyman, known today primarily for his ground-breaking, annotated edition of Cervantes's "Don Quixote".
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A Man of the People A Man of the People (1966) is the fourth novel by Chinua Achebe. This satirical novel is a story told by the young and educated narrator, Odili, on his conflict with Chief Nanga, his former teacher who enters a career in politics in an unnamed modern African country. Odili represents the changing younger generation; Nanga represents the traditional customs of Nigeria. The book ends with a military coup, similar to the real-life coups of Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu and Yakubu Gowon.
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John Knowles Paine John Knowles Paine (January 9, 1839 – April 25, 1906) was the first American-born composer to achieve fame for large-scale orchestral music. The senior member of a group of composers collectively known as the Boston Six, Paine was one of those responsible for the first significant body of concert music by composers from the United States. The Boston Six's other five members were Amy Beach, Arthur Foote, Edward MacDowell, George Chadwick, and Horatio Parker.
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Gideon Nye Gideon Nye (1812January25, 1888) was an American diplomat, art collector, writer and merchant in the East Indian and China trade, known both for his art collection and for his books on China.
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Peter Kithene Peter Wilson Kithene is the founder and CEO of Mama Maria Kenya.
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John Tse John Tse Wing-ling (born 1954) is the associate professor of the City University of Hong Kong of the Applied Social Studies Department.