African Heroes
24 entriesDona Beatriz Kimpa Vita Nsimba
Kingdom of Kongo (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Angola, and parts of Gabon)
Part of the broader resistance against Portuguese colonial rule and influence
Jaja of Opobo (born Mbanaso Okwaraozurumbaa)
Nigeria
Resistance against British colonial and economic domination in Niger Delta
Kahimemua Nguvauva
Namibia (German South West Africa)
Resistance against German colonial rule (Herero and Namaqua Genocide)
Ndansi Kumalo
Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
First Matabele War, Second Matabele War (First Chimurenga)
Nicodemus Kambahahiza Kavikunua
Namibia (German South West Africa)
Ovambanderu Khauas-Khoi War (part of Herero and Namaqua Genocide)
Sarki Alu (Aliyu Babba)
Kano Emirate (present-day Nigeria)
British invasion of Sokoto Caliphate
Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger
South African Republic (Transvaal)
First Boer War/Second Boer War