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Fatai Rolling Dollar Biography
Fatai Rolling Dollar a Guitarist. Singer and Exponent of the Native Thumb Piano (Agidigbo) is the Veteran of West African Folk Music and the greatest ... Full story
Chinua Achebe's Biography
Born in Nigeria in 1930, Chinua Achebe attended the University of Ibadan. In 1958, his groundbreaking novel Things Fall Apart was published. It has since ... Full story
Danbaba Suntai - Biography
Danbaba Danfulani Suntai (born 30 June 1961) is a pharmacist who was elected as Executive Governor of Taraba State, Nigeria running for the People's Democratic ... Full story
Irene Charnley
<< PREVIOUS NEXT IMAGE >>Charnley, 52, is a former trade unionist who has amassed a net worth of $150 million. Currently the CEO of Smile ... Full story
Elisabeth Bradley
<< PREVIOUS NEXT IMAGE >>Bradley, whose father Albert Wessels brought Toyota to South Africa in 1961, enjoys a net worth of $32 million as a ... Full story
Sharon Wapnick
<< PREVIOUS NEXT IMAGE >>Worth $43.1 million, Wapnick is one of the largest individual shareholders in listed loan stock companies Octodec Investments and Premium Properties, ... Full story
Bridget Radebe
<< PREVIOUS NEXT IMAGE >>The founder of Mmakau Mining, the successful mining firm with assets in gold, platinum, uranium, coal, chrome and exploration, Radebe started ... Full story
Wendy Ackerman
<< PREVIOUS NEXT IMAGE >>Retail tycoon Ackerman is worth $190.2 million, with the Ackerman Family Trust run by her and her husband owning about 50 ... Full story
Mama Ngina Kenyatta
<< PREVIOUS NEXT IMAGE >>The widow of Kenya’s first president, Jomo Kenyatta, the former glamorous “mother of the nation” now leads a quiet, reclusive life ... Full story
Wendy Appelbaum
<< PREVIOUS NEXT IMAGE >>The only daughter of South African billionaire Donald Gordon, Appelbaum became a director of her father’s insurance and real estate firm ... Full story
Hajia Bola Shagaya
<< PREVIOUS NEXT IMAGE >>The richest Nigerian businesswoman, Bola Shagaya has retained links with important figures in various administrations up to the present day and ... Full story
Isabel Dos Santos
<< PREVIOUS NEXT IMAGE >>Dos Santos, 39, is the oldest daughter of Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos. The millionaire businesswoman is estimated to be ... Full story
Folorunso Alakija
<< PREVIOUS NEXT IMAGE >> Folorunso Alakija is a Nigerian Billionaire who shares the journey of her life on CNN's African Voices. She was born July ... Full story