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Two young women martyred
for their faith in Carthage, North Africa in 203
A.D. |
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A twentieth century Ethiopian
evangelist who traveled hundreds of miles to remote
regions and planted dozens of churches. |
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Church
in Ethiopia |
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Samuel
Ajayi Crowther |
The first native bishop of the
Anglican church in the Niger Delta in the 19th
century. |
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Church
in Uganda |
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Apolo
Kivebulaya |
A missionary from Uganda, Apolo
was the "apostle to the pygmies" in
the northeastern corner of the Belgian Congo. |
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Janani Luwum |
Archbishop Janani Luwum dared
to speak out against the atrocities of Idi Amin's
regime and was martyred for his courage. |
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Augustine |
Bishop of Hippo, North Africa,
he was a father and theologian of the early church
(4th century). |
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Church
in Sudan |
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Charlotte
Manye Maxeke |
A leader in the African Methodist
Episcopal Church and the first African woman to
obtain a B.Sc. in South Africa. |
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William
Wadé Harris |
Independent church leader credited
for the conversion of over 100,000 people in West
Africa around the turn of the century. |
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Church
in South
Africa |
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Charles Lwanga |
He was martyred along with twenty
of his companions under the reign of King Mwanga
of the Buganda kingdom (19th c.) |
