African People Who Changed The World
- Nelson Mandela - Nobel Laureate 1993. Campaigned for end to apartheid in South Africa. First President of democratic South Africa
- Haile Selassie - Emperor of Ethiopia
- Tutu, Bishop Desmond South African Nobel prize winner 1984
- Mansa Kankan Musa - Emperor of Mali
- Dr Christian Barnard. Performed first heart transplant in 1967, Cape Town, South Africa.
- Boutros Boutros-Ghali - Secretary general of the United Nations, 1992. Born in Egypt. Served as Egypt's Deputy Prime Minister
- Kofi Annan Ghana. Present Secretary General of The United Nations.
- Azikiwe, Nnamdi First President of modern Nigeria (1963 - 1966).
- Cleopatra VII (47BC). Queen of Egypt.
- De Klerk, FW South African Nobel prize winner and President (1989-1994)
- Mbeki, Thabo South African Vice President.
- Wangari Muta Maathai (born April 1, 1941) Kenyan environmental and political activist. Nobel Prize 2004