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Hanno, Carthaginian statesman

(Encyclopedia)Hanno, fl. 250–200 b.c., Carthaginian statesman, leader of the conservative land-owning party and consistent opponent of the Barca family. His refusal to pay the mercenaries of Hamilcar Barca brough...

Kagera

(Encyclopedia)Kagera kägāˈrə [key], river, c.250 mi (400 km) long, formed on the Rwanda-Tanzania border, E central Africa, by the confluence of the Nyabarongo and Ruvubu rivers. The Kagera's headwaters, which r...

Naevius, Gnaeus

(Encyclopedia)Naevius, Gnaeus nīˈəs nēˈvəs [key], c.264–195 b.c., Roman poet and dramatist. Born in Campania, he served in the first Punic War (264–241 b.c.), which he evoked in De Bello Punico. Now only ...

Keltie, Sir John Scott

(Encyclopedia)Keltie, Sir John Scott, 1840–1927, Scottish geographer. He was inspector of geographical education for the Royal Geographic Society, librarian, and secretary of the society. In 1880 he became editor...

Atbara

(Encyclopedia)Atbara ătˈbärä [key], river, NE Africa, rising in NW Ethiopia and flowing c.500 mi (800 km) to the Nile at Atbarah, Sudan; before entering Sudan it forms the Eritrean-Ethiopian border. There are f...

lotus-eaters

(Encyclopedia)lotus-eaters or Lotophagi lətŏfˈəjīˌ [key], a fabulous people who occupied the north coast of Africa and lived on the lotus, which brought forgetfulness and happy indolence. They appear in the O...

Bab el Mandeb

(Encyclopedia)Bab el Mandeb băb ĕl mănˈdĕb [key] [Arab.,= gate of tears], strait, 17 mi (27 km) wide, linking the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and separating the Arabian peninsula from E Africa. It is an impo...

Byng, Julian Hedworth George, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy

(Encyclopedia)Byng, Julian Hedworth George, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy vĭmˈē, vēmēˈ [key], 1862–1935, British general. He served in India and South Africa and had several commands in World War I. In Apr., 19...

Caillié, René

(Encyclopedia)Caillié, René rənāˈ kāyāˈ [key], 1799–1838, French explorer in Africa. He was the first European to visit Timbuktu and return. The son of poor French peasants, he was obsessed with the idea ...

Bonnke, Reinhard

(Encyclopedia)Bonnke, Reinhard, 1940–2019, German evangelist, b. Königsburg (now Kaliningrad, Russia). After studying at the Bible College of Wales (now the Trinity School of Ministry) he became a Pentecostal pr...