Revolutionaries, Statesmen & Traditional Rulers

Grégoire Kayibanda (May 1, 1924 – December 15, 1976) was a Rwandan politician, journalist and nationalist leader who led Rwanda to independence from Belgian colonial...

Garmame Neway (1924 December 1960) was the intellectual who inspired and, together with his brother, Brigadier-General Mengestu Neway, led the 1960 coup against Haile Selassie‘s...

King Sobhuza I (circa 1780s-1839), popularly known as Somhlolo (creator of miracles), was declared Ngwenyama and King of Swaziland after the death of his father...

Gamal Abdel Nasser (January 15, 1918 – September 28, 1970) was an Egyptian military officer, revolutionary, and statesman who served as the second President of...

Dedan Kimathi Waciuri (October 31, 1920 – February 18, 1957) was a Kenyan nationalist and freedom fighter who became one of the foremost leaders of...

Habib Bourguiba (August 3, 1903 – April 6, 2000) was a Tunisian lawyer, nationalist, and statesman who led Tunisia to independence from French colonial rule...

Nehanda Nyakasikana (c. 1840 – April 27, 1898) was a Zimbabwean spirit medium, nationalist heroine, and resistance leader who played a pivotal role in the...

Waiyaki wa Hinga (c.1850–1892) was a prominent Kikuyu leader and one of the earliest African rulers to resist British colonial penetration into present-day Kenya.  ...

Sobhuza II (July 22, 1899-August 21, 1982) reigned as king of the Swazi people from 1921-82, and was one of the longest-reigning monarchs in the...

Ladapo Samuel Ademola II (c.1862–1962) was the Alake of Egbaland from 1920 to 1962 and one of Nigeria’s most distinguished traditional rulers during the colonial...