African Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Is a Togolese international footballer who plays professionally as a defender for French side FC Gue

Is a Togolese international footballer who plays professionally as a defender for French side FC Gueugnon. Tekovi began his career by SCO Angers before moving in 2004 to join English side Peterborough United. Tekovi made his international debut in Novembe

Is a South African artist known primarily for his conceptual installations. He is one of South Afric

Is a South African artist known primarily for his conceptual installations. He is one of South Africa's foremost contemporary artists and regularly exhibits nationally and internationally.Boshoff trained as a teacher at the Johannesburg College of Art before pursuing a diploma in fine art, with an emphasis on printmaking, in 1980; he received a master's degree in sculpture from Technikon Witwatersrand in 1984. His installations are frequently based on the exploration of language and are created in materials ranging from stone to paper to sand.

Is a South African rugby union footballer who is currently playing for Western Province in the Curri

Is a South African rugby union footballer who is currently playing for Western Province in the Currie Cup competition. He plays in the position of fly-half. Like Joost van der Westhuizen at scrum-half, de Waal is unusually big for a fly-half, but he is an intelligent player who uses the ball well, whether by hand or by foot, and most importantly, he is cool under pressure.

Is a South African politician, currently the Shadow Minister of Cooperative Governance and Tradition

Is a South African politician, currently the Shadow Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs,[1] and a Member of Parliament for the opposition Democratic Alliance.[2][3]Doman was originally elected to the House of Assembly in 1989 as a member of the National Party (NP) representing Goodwood in Cape Town. In 1994 he was elected to the Western Cape Provincial Legislature and was chosen as Speaker. He was re-elected Speaker in 1999, but in 2001 moved to become the provincial Minister of Local Government.[3] In 2002 he left the Provincial Parliament and became a member of the National Assembly for the NP, now known as the New National Party.

Was a Dutch-born South African Boer politician and civil servant, who served as first State Secretar

Was a Dutch-born South African Boer politician and civil servant, who served as first State Secretary of the South African Republic (Transvaal) from 1880 to 1889.Bok started his career as sales-agent in Zaandam, Netherlands. In 1876 he moved to Pretoria, where he gained the confidence of Paul Kruger and Piet Joubert, and acted as their secretary during negotiations about the position of the Transvaal in 1877/'78. At the declaration of independence he became the first State Secretary of the South African Republic, a position he would hold for almost a decade. Afterwards he was appointed Government Commissioner in Johannesburg.[1]

Is a Namibian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler. Groeneveld mad

Is a Namibian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler. Groeneveld made his first-class debut for the side during the 2009-10 CSA Provincial Three-Day Challenge, against Griqualand West in October 2009. In the first innings i

Was a Dutch lawyer, who made a career as State Attorney (1884-1889) and State Secretary (1889-1898)

Was a Dutch lawyer, who made a career as State Attorney (1884-1889) and State Secretary (1889-1898) of the South African Republic. From 1898 to 1902, during the crucial period of the South African War, he was the Republic’s Special Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary in Brussels, accredited to several European states.

Is a South African sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Bar

Is a South African sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, he was eliminated in the repechages of both the K-1 500 m and the K-2 1000 m events.

Was a South African bantamweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s. He was reigning world

Was a South African bantamweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s. He was reigning world champion between 1924 and 1928 after winning the gold medal in the 1924 Summer Olympics in the bantamweight category. His family was from Aberdeen, Scotla

Was an South African cricketer who played in 12 Tests from 1899 to 1907.

Was an South African cricketer who played in 12 Tests from 1899 to 1907.

A Zambian football striker with FC Civics of the Namibia Premier League. Following the 2004-2005 sea

A Zambian football striker with FC Civics of the Namibia Premier League. Following the 2004-2005 season, he was named the Namibian Sport: Player of the Year. In 2007, Chilufya led the league in scoring with 17 goals.

A Zambian defender nicknamed Pastor who currently plays for ZESCO United F.C. in Zambia.He has 3 int

A Zambian defender nicknamed Pastor who currently plays for ZESCO United F.C. in Zambia.He has 3 international Caps for Zambia.William Chinyama belongs to group of players who have never represented Zambia at junior level but might make one of the full back positions his own. An intelligent defender, Chinyama combines his pace with the ability to pass the ball out from the back.Chinyama is a product of the GVM soccer academy which was founded by 1997 COSAFA Castle Cup, winning coach, the late George Mungwa. But it was at FAZ Division one side Forest Rangers that he started to realize his potential.

Was a political cartoonist and caricaturist, book illustrator and watercolourist. In the 1960s and 1

Was a political cartoonist and caricaturist, book illustrator and watercolourist. In the 1960s and 1970s he worked for The Guardian, The Sunday Times and Punch. His work has won international acclaim and is included in many private and corporate collectio

Served as the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity from 1974 to 1978. He succeeded

Served as the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity from 1974 to 1978. He succeeded Nzo Ekangaki who had served since 1972. Edem Kodjo succeeded Eteki, serving until 1983.

An author, scholar and associate professor of geography at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minneso

An author, scholar and associate professor of geography at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He is a development and human-environment geographer with particular expertise in political ecology, tropical agriculture, environment and development policy, livelihood security, and West Africa and Southern Africa. Before becoming an academic, he worked for ten years in the field of international development. Moseley’s books include: Hanging by a Thread: Cotton, Globalization and Poverty in Africa (Ohio University Press, 2008), with Leslie Gray; The Introductory Reader in Human Geography: Contemporary Debates and Classic Writings (Blackwell, 2007), with David Lanegran and Kavita Pandit; three editions of Taking Sides: Clashing Views on African Issues (McGraw-Hill, 2004, 2006 & 2008);

Was an South African bantamweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s. He was reigning worl

Was an South African bantamweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s. He was reigning world champion between 1924 and 1928 after winning the gold medal in the 1924 Summer Olympics in the bantamweight category. hes black.The South African had George Harris to thank for much of his success. Harris, who had become the first SA flyweight champion when he stopped Marcus Henning in Kimberley on 12 November 1909, found time twice a week to give boxing lessons to orphans in the St George's Home in Johannesburg."

Was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1889.

Was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1889.

Was a South African cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1922 to 1923.

Was a South African cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1922 to 1923.

The match was the second in the 1888-89 series against the team led by Sir C. Aubrey Smith, and call

The match was the second in the 1888-89 series against the team led by Sir C. Aubrey Smith, and called at the time "C. A. Smith's XI", but retrospectively accorded the status of a full MCC tour. In fact, in the game at Newlands, Cape Town played by Richar

Was an South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1896.

Was an South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1896.

Is a South African boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he was eliminated in the

Is a South African boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the flyweight class after losing his fight to Alfredo Carlomagno.

In 1984, the group released their debut record, Public Enemy #1, which brought them to the attention

In 1984, the group released their debut record, Public Enemy #1, which brought them to the attention of Def Jam Records executive Rick Rubin, who signed the group to Def Jam in 1985. As a member of Public Enemy, his first record with the group, Yo! Bum Ru

He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics and African Studies at the University of the Witwate

He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics and African Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand and then a diploma in Fine Arts from the Johannesburg Art Foundation. At the beginning of the 1980s, he studied mime and theatre at the L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris. He had hoped to become an actor, however: "I was fortunate to discover at a theatre school that I was so bad an actor [... that] I was reduced to an artist, and I made my peace with it."[1]. Between 1975 and 1991, he was acting and directing in Johannesburg's Junction Avenue Theatre Company. In the 1980s, he worked on television films and series as art director.

Is a former boxer from South Africa, bronze medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.[1]

Is a former boxer from South Africa, bronze medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.[1]

Was a South African writer, actor and journalist.He tried to facilitate non-racial progress in the a

Was a South African writer, actor and journalist.He tried to facilitate non-racial progress in the arts by making concerts and theatre available to Black audiences and tried to further the efforts of the Arts Federation and the Union of South African Artists both of which were non-racial.He wrote a number of short stories which were published in Drum. One such story The Situation derived from the Tsotsitaal (slang) for educated Blacks who rose above their station (i.e. situated above their station) but don't really fit into their new milieu. (Don Mattera mentioned this when describing the journalists. "There was a definite class division. We were in the streets, and they were in the desks. And we used to call such people situations.") [2]