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Buffalo soldiers on the western frontier of the U.S.

Prince Romerson (c. 1840 – 1872) was a Native Hawaiian who fought in the American Civil War at a time when the Kingdom of Hawaii was an independent nation. Living in the American Northeast before the war, Romerson enlisted in the Union Navy in 1863 and served in the Atlantic Blockading Squadron. After being discharged, he reenlisted in the 5th Regiment Massachusetts Colored Volunteer Cavalry, a United States Colored Troops (USCT) regiment, in April 1864. Romerson rose to the rank of sergeant and was mustered out in October 1865, due to illness. After the war, like many USCT veterans, he remained in the army as a member of the Buffalo Soldiers (pictured), serving on the western frontier. In 2010, he was commemorated with over 100 other Native Hawaiian and Hawaiian-born "Hawaiʻi Sons of the Civil War" when a bronze plaque was erected along the memorial pathway at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. (Full article...)

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Ibukun Odusote is a Nigerian civil servant in IT and administration. She was responsible for setting up Nigeria's country code top-level domain, .ng, and served as its first administrative contact person. Born in Ogun State, she graduated in computer science and economics from Obafemi Awolowo University and later earned an MBA and an MSc from the University of Lagos. Odusote has also served as the permanent secretary to Akinwumi Adesina at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Political Affairs Department of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. She was made a life patron of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association in 2013 for her pioneering work.

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