Olaudah Equiano

Olaudah Equiano

male, deceased (1797)
African-English, Nigerian American, caribbean, north pole, abolitionist, eighteenth century…african, African American
Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745 - 31 March 1797), also known as Gustavus Vassa, was one of the most prominent people of African heritage involved in the...
Ignatius Sancho

Ignatius Sancho

male, deceased (1780)
African-English, suicide, British, spanish, oroonoko, slave
Ignatius Sancho (c. 1729-December 14 1780) was a composer, actor, and writer. He is the first known Afro-Briton to vote in a British election. He...
Martin Mubanga

Martin Mubanga

male
Guantanamo Bay detainee, Guantanamo Bay detainment camp, Extrajudicial prisoner of the United States, Muslim, African-English, unlawful combatant
Martin Mubanga is a joint citizen of both the United Kingdom and Zambia. He was held, without charge, and interrogated at the American prison at...
Samuel Ajayi Crowther

Samuel Ajayi Crowther

male, deceased (1891)
Fourah Bay College alumni, African-English, convert to Anglicanism, Bible translator, Yoruba history, slavery…English
Bishop Samuel Adjai (Ajayi) Crowther (c. 1807 - December 31, 1891) was a linguist and the first African Anglican bishop in Nigeria. Born in Osogun,...
Yasin Hassan Omar

Yasin Hassan Omar

male, 29 years old
African-English, Small Heath, West Midlands, Independent Police Complaints Commission, Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Paddington Green police station, Oxford Circus tube station
Yasin Hassan Omar (sometimes spelt Yassin) (born c. 1980) is a suspect in the attempted 21st July attacks on London's public transport system. He...
Scipio Africanus

Scipio Africanus

male, deceased (1720)
African-English, Henbury, Charles Howard, 7th Earl of Suffolk, Charles William Howard, 7th Earl of Suffolk, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, epitaph
Scipio Africanus (1702 - 21 December 1720) was a slave born to unknown parents from West Africa.

Francis Williams

male, deceased (1770)
poet, mathematician, cambridge university, kingston, English, Duke of Montagu…African-English
Francis Williams (1702-1770) was a scholar and poet born in Kingston, Jamaica. He is notable as probably the first person of African descent to be...
Andrew Dan-Jumbo

Andrew Dan-Jumbo

male
"Take Home Handyman", African-English, While You Were Out, the oprah winfrey show, Trading Spaces, British
Andrew Dan-Jumbo was a carpenter on the TV home makeover show, While You Were Out and has a new show on TLC, "Take Home Handyman" premiering on...
Moses Roper

Moses Roper

male, 194 years old
African-English, Caswell County, John Morison, Rev. Dr Morison, Rev. Dr Fletcher, Alexander Fletcher…African American
Moses Roper was a mulatto slave who wrote one of the major early books about life as a slave in the United States—Narrative of the Adventures and Es...
Mende Nazer

Mende Nazer

female
African-English, Karko, Dilling, Nuba mountains, Political asylum, Anti-Slavery International
Mende Nazer was a slave in Sudan. She was made famous by her transfer to England to serve a diplomatic family. Mende Nazer reports that she was...