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Jomo Kenyatta was the first president of an independent Kenya, helping to spur the African independence movement of the 1960s
Haile Selassie I, was emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974, inspiring African independence movements
Samora Michel served as the first president of Mozambique from the country's independence in 1975, continuing the expansion of Third World socialist leadership. Machel died in office in 1986 in an airplane crash near the Mozambican-South African border
A leading Pan-Africanist theorist, Kwame Nkrumah was the first president of Ghana
One of the greatest Black leaders of the 20th century, he was the founding president of the Universal Negro Improvement Association
Nyameko Barney Pityana is one of the foremost exponents of Black theology in South Africa.
Walter Rodney, one of the most prominent scholar-activists of the Third World, was assassinated in his home nation of Guyana in 1980
Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni is the ninth and current president of Uganda
Walter Rodney, one of the most prominent scholar-activists of the Third World, was assassinated in his home nation of Guyana in 1980
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o is a Kenyan writer and academic who was was subsequently imprisoned for over a year because of his activism. Adopted as an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience, he is considered one of Africa’s greatest writers
Miriam Makeba, a South African singer and activist, was one of the continent’s most visible activists in the 1960s
Marcus Garvey. One of the greatest Black leaders of the 20th century, he was the founding president of the Universal Negro Improvement Association
Ingoapele Madingoane is one of South Africa’s most prominent poets
Nelson Mandela spent almost 30 years in jail for defying the white racist South African apartheid government. When he was released in 1990, he led his African National Congress to control the government with his 1994 election as president
Kehinde Andrews is a leading Black Studies scholar and author in Birmingham, England
Walter Rodney, one of the most prominent scholar-activists of the Third World, was assassinated in his home nation of Guyana in 1980
George Padmore was one of the top Pan-Africanists, journalists, and authors of the first half of the 20th century
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o is a Kenyan writer and academic who was was subsequently imprisoned for over a year because of his activism. Adopted as an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience, he is considered one of Africa’s greatest writers
