Sam Joseph Ntiro

Sam Joseph Ntiro (April 20, 1923 - December 31, 1993) was the first African High Commission to the United Kingdom, serving from 1961 until 1964.

He was born in Machame, a village on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. He married Evangeline Sarah née Nyendwoha, a Ugandan, in 1958, and had two sons, Joseph and Simbo. He taught at Makerere College (now Makerere University) and the University of Dar es Salaam, where he helped found the department of Music, Arts and Culture as an Associate Professor. In his long and distinguished career, he was a fine artist and painter, a diplomat, a civil servant, and an academic.