Re: Most Influential Africans of the Past 40 Years...by New African Magazine

On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 8:32 PM, Mishe Fon <mishefon@yahoo.com> wrote:

Sampling Carried out by Journalists of the New African Magazine.

 

1)   Nelson Mandela (Madiba)............   South African President

2)   Kwame Nkruma (OAU)................   Ghana

3)   Koffi Annan (United Nations).......   Ghana

4)   Thomas Sankara.........................   Burkina Faso (President)

5)   Haile Selassie..............................   Ethiopia (President)

6)   Nnamdi Azikiwe...........................   Nigeria (Premier/President)

7)   Anwar Sadat................................   Egypt (President)

8)   Patrice Lumumba .......................   Congo/Zaire

9)   Julius Nyerere.............................   Tanzania (President)

10) Thabo Mbeki...............................    South Africa (President)

11) Muammar Kaddafi......................    Libya (President)

12) Steve Biko...................................    South Africa (Activist)

13) Fela Rensome Kuti......................    Nigeria (Musician)

14) Roger Milla................................. Cameroon (Footballer)

15) Leopold Sedhar Senghor.............     Senegal (President/Academician)

16) Amilcar Cabral............................    Guinea Bissau (Scholar/Activist)

17) Obafemi Awolowo........................    Nigeria (Premier/Founder NTUC)

18) Wole Soyinka...............................   Nigeria (Writer/Scholar)

19) Abdulaye Wade............................    Senegal (President)

20) Jomo Kenyatta.............................   Kenya (President)

21) Samora Machel............................   Mozambique (President)

22) Sirlief Ellen Johnson....................   Liberia (President)

23) Ahmed Sekou Toure.....................   Guinea (President)

24) Shaka Zulu..................................   South Africa (Activist/King)

25) Winnie Mandela...........................   South Africa (Activist)

26) Chinua Achebe............................    Nigeria (Writer/Author)

27) Robert Mugabe............................    Zimbabwe (President)

28) Jerry Rawlings.............................    Ghana (President)

29) Myriam Makeba...........................    South Africa (Musician)

30) Abedi Pele....................................    Ghana (Footballer)

31) Weah Opong.................................    Liberia (Footballer)

32) Walter Sizullu...............................    South Africa (Activist)

33) Alpha Oumar Konare....................    Mali (President)

34) Dangote Mustapha........................    Nigeria (Entrepreneur)

35) Abdelaziz Bouteflika......................    Algeria (President)

36) Youssou N'Dour............................    Senegal (Musician)

37) Salif Keita......................................   Mali (Artist/Musician)

38) Hugh Massekela............................   South Africa (Jazz Musician)

39) Tom Mboya....................................  Kenya (Assasinated Activist)

40) Luambo Makiadi AKA FRanco........   Congo (Musician)

41) J. J. Okocha..................................   Nigeria (Footballer)

42) Eto'o Fils....................................   Cameroon (Footballer)

43) Felix Konotey.................................    Ghana (UK based Physician)

44) Laurent Gbagbo.............................    Cote d,Ivoire (President)

45) Idi Amin Dada................................    Uganda (President)

46) Manu Dibango AKA Lion Man......... Cameroon (Musician)

47) MKO Abiola....................................    Nigeria (Entrepreneur/Activist)

48) Olivier Mithukuzi............................   Zimbabwe (Musician)

49) Ikemba Odumegwu Ojukwu............   Nigeria (Leader of Biafra)

50) Jean Bedel Bokassa........................   Central African Republic (Emperor)