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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (July 18, 1918 – December 5, 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, freedom fighter, unifier, political strategist, Black nationalist, lawyer, and...
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Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1895 – August 22, 1978) led Kenya to independence in 1963 and became the country’s first Prime Minister from 1963 to 1964...
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Kenneth David Kaunda (April 28, 1924 – June 17, 2021) was a Zambian statesman and nationalist leader who served as the country’s first president from...
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Kofi Atta Annan (April 8, 1938 – August 18, 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat and international statesman who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the...
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Kalala Kafumbe (18?-1895), a leader of the Mulenge people of eastern Kasai, united the decentralised Mulenge clans into a single political organisation. Like many other...
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Chibind Yirung (folk hero, who may have flourished circa the 17th century), the reputed founder of the Lunda (Aruund) state, is described by tradition as...
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Monsignor Busimba Mikararabge (1912-September 7, 1974), the first bishop of the diocese of North Kivu was influential in helping to develop that region during the...
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Bushiri Lungundu (circa 1911-June 23, 1945) was a prophet in the Kitawala movement and the leader of the 1944 Masisi revolt in Kivu province. Bushiri...
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Leon Bukasa (1925-January 16, 1974), one of the notable figures of modern Congolese song, performed and composed during the eventful decades of the 1950s and...
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Bolangwa (circa 1860-1910), or Bolangbwa, was the first chief invested by the colonial authorities to rule the Bobangi chiefdom located east of the Congo River,...
