Ghana

Ghana

Dr. Nkrumah, President of the Republic of Ghana, First Citizen and Founder of the State, was born in a small village in Western Ghana in 1909. He was educated in a Catholic Mission school, and became a pupil teacher. Later on, he joined Achimota College and received...
Gabon

Gabon

Mr. Leon M’Ba, chief of state, and President of the Gabon Republic was born in 1902 in Libreville. He studied in a Catholic school and wound up in the College de Sainte Marie. President M’Ba is extremely intelligent, able and at the same time far-sighted....
Ethiopia

Ethiopia

No observer of present day Ethiopia can fail to be inspired by the high ideal, vigilance, dedication, and far-sightedness of Emperor Haile Selassie I; architect and builder of the nation.A descendant of the oldest and longest line of royalty in recorded history, Ras...
Egypt

Egypt

President Gamal Abdel Nasser was born in January 1918 at Benimor in Upper Egypt. He was educated in Cairo, and after one year’s reading of Law at the University, he transferred to the military academy in 1937. He began his military career as sub-lieutenant at...
Congo

Congo

Mr. Fulbert Youlou, the stocky, jovial and friendly President of the Republic of the Congo, was born on June 1, 1917 at the town of Moumbouolo, to the west of Brazzaville. At the age of 12, he entered a seminary at Brazzaville. Proving himself a good and intelligent...