Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

male, deceased (1506)
new world, Italian, from Genoa, colonialist, cristoforo colombo, Pinta…Colonialism
Christopher Columbus (Genoa?, 1451 - May 20, 1506, Valladolid, Spain) was a navigator and colonialist who is one of several historical figures...
Cecil Rhodes

Cecil Rhodes

male, deceased (1902)
agnostic, Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, Randlords, British, privy council, Business person in mining…Colonialism
Cecil John Rhodes, PC, DCL, (July 5 1853 - March 26 1902) was a British-born South African businessman, mining magnate, and politician. He was the...
Cheikh Anta Diop

Cheikh Anta Diop

male, deceased (1986)
Africanists, dakar, senegal, Pan-africanism, culture, colonial…Colonialism
Cheikh Anta Diop (29 December, 1923-7 February, 1986) is a Senegalese historian, anthropologist, which places emphasis on the human race's origins...
Ngugi Wa Thiong'O

Ngugi Wa Thiong'O

male, 71 years old
New York University, Devil on the Cross, Nairobi University, A Grain of Wheat, Ngaahika Ndeenda, Swahili language…Colonialism
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, has as its background the Mau Mau rebellion, and described an unhappy romance between Christians and non-Christians. His novel "A...
Chulalongkorn

Chulalongkorn

male, deceased (1910)
belgian, bangkok, southeast asia, monarch, siam, Thai…Colonialism
King Chulalongkorn the Great or Rama V (royal name: Phra Chula Chomklao Chaoyuhua was the fifth king of the Chakri dynasty of Thailand. He is...

Frederick Cooper

male
Yale University, gatekeeper state, decolonialization, African history, Colonialism, American
Frederick Cooper is an American historian who specializes in colonialization, decolonialization and African history. Cooper received his Ph.D from...
Milton Obote

Milton Obote

male, deceased (2005)
Death from renal failure, ousted in a coup, Cold War leader, uganda, colonial, ugandan…Colonialism
Apollo Milton Opeto Obote (December 28 1924 - October 10 2005), Prime Minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and President of Uganda from 1966 to...
Roger Casement

Roger Casement

male, deceased (1916)
Sir Roger Casement, Roger David Casement, buried at Glasnevin Cemetery, executions by the United Kingdom, Irish Republican, congo…Colonialism
Roger David Casement (1 September, 1864 - 3 August, 1916), known as Sir Roger Casement, CMG between 1905 and July 1916, was an Irish patriot, poet,...
Derek Gregory

Derek Gregory

male, 58 years old
Geographer, cultural, Cultural geography, Colonialism, mass media, historical geography
Derek Gregory (March 1, 1951) is an influential British geographer from the United Kingdom. He is currently professor of geography at the...
Rashid Rida

Rashid Rida

male, deceased (1935)
Muslim reformer, Colonialism, ulama, sufi, Syrian, islam
Muhammad Rashid Rida was a Syrian intellectual of the Islamic modernism tradition pioneered by Jamal al-Din al-Afghani and Muhammad Abduh. Like his...