Abena is an allafrica summer intern from Ghana.

Born on January 9, 1922 in Faranah to the Mandika ethnic group, he is the first president of post-indepedent Guinea...

Alfred Kirwa Yego will represent Kenya in the 2008 Olympic Games in the 800m race.

Ghanian author, playwright, and winner of the 1992 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book.

Sprinter who will compete in the 2008 Summer Games.

Will compete in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. He is a medalist hopeful.

Ambassador of Mozambique to the United States.

Will compete in the Women's modern pentathlon in the 2008 Olympics.

Co-founder of Africare, He was president of the organization for 30 years.

Author of The Cohesion of Oppression: Clientship and Ethnicity in Rwanda, Catharine Newbury specializes in research, teaching, and organizations dealing...