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1. Sir Seretse Khama, first prime minister of Botswana
http://africanhistory.about.com/cs/biography/p/bio_khama.htm
2. Chief Albert Luthuli, Nobel Prize winner, Pres. of ANC
http://africanhistory.about.com/library/biographies/blbio-lutuli.htm
3 Nelson Mandela, president of South Africa
http://africanhistory.about.com/od/mandelanelson/a/bio_mandela.htm
4. Tom Mboya, Kenyan trade unionist and statesman
http://africanhistory.about.com/od/countrieseast/p/bio_mboya.htm
5. Julius Nyerere, father of Tanzania
http://africanhistory.about.com/od/countrieseast/p/bio_mboya.htm
6. Rene-Auguste Callie, explorer (France)
http://africanhistory.about.com/cs/biography/p/bio_caillie.htm
7.Mary Henrietta Kingsley, explorer (Britain)
8. Mungo Park, explorer (Scotland)
http://africanhistory.about.com/cs/biography/p/bio_Park.htm
9. Carl Peters, explorer (Germany) and philosopher
http://africanhistory.about.com/cs/biography/p/bio_peters.htm
10. Dr. Christiaan Barnard, surgeon, 1st heart transplant, South Africa
http://africanhistory.about.com/od/biography/a/Christiaan-Neethling-Barnard.htm
11. Steve Biko, South African freedom leader
http://africanhistory.about.com/od/stevebiko/a/bio-Biko.htm
12.Helen Martins, South African artist
http://africanhistory.about.com/od/biography/p/OwlHouse.htm
13. Olive Schreiner, South African novelist
http://africanhistory.about.com/od/artistsandwriters/a/OliveSchreiner.htm
14.Shaka Zulu, father of Zulu nation
http://www.zulu-culture-history.com/shaka_zulu_life.htm
15. Desmond Tutu, South African Anglican cleric
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1984/tutu-bio.html
16. Anwar al-Sadat, president of Egypt
http://www.ibiblio.org/sullivan/bios/Sadat-bio.html
17. Amenhotep, Egyptian pharaoh
http://www.aldokkan.com/egypt/amenhotep.htm
18. Hapshepsut, only female pharaoh
http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/ancientqueens/p/p_hatshepsut.htm
19. Idi Amin, President of Uganda
http://africanhistory.about.com/od/biography/a/bio_amin.htm
20. Jomo Kenyatta, first president of Kenya
http://www.africawithin.com/kenyatta/kenyatta_bio.htm
21.Cetshwayo kaMpande, last king of independent Zulu nation
http://africanhistory.about.com/library/biographies/blbio-cetshwayo.htm
23.Albert Schweitzer, doctor and humanist and nobel prize winner
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1952/schweitzer-bio.html
24. Dr. David Livingston, Scottish missionary
http://crawfurd.dk/africa/livingstone.htm
25. Howard Carter, finder of King Tut
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/abcde/carter_howard.html
26. Dr. Zahi Hawas, Egyptian archaelogist
http://guardians.net/hawass/personal.htm
27.Muammar al-Gaddafi, leader of Libya
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Pu-Ro/Qadhafi-Mu-ammar-al.html
28.Cecil Rhodes, British-borne writer and politician in S. Africa
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Pu-Ro/Rhodes-Cecil.html
29.Alan Payton, author ‘Cry the Beloved Country) S Africa
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/apaton.htm
30. Mansa Musa, tribal leader, major Islamic convert
http://www.blackhistorypages.net/pages/mansamusa.php
31.Kwame Nkrumah, 1st president of Ghana
32.Hannhibal, Carthiginian general
http://www.livius.org/ha-hd/hannibal/hannibal.html
33. Cleopatra, last queen of Egypt
http://www.biography.com/articles/Cleopatra-204640
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