Medicine + Technology
What country developed the "Mara X" and "Mara Z", the first smartphones made entirely in Africa.
Rwanda
They are the famous author of “We should all be feminists”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
They have the record for the longest-running #1 song.
Lil Nas X
The first independent majority Black country
Haiti
What is the first African nation to host the FIFA World Cup?
South Africa
They graduated from Harvard University, Columbia University, and is a well-renowned astrophysicist
Neil deGrass Tyson
They were the first African Nobel Laureate in Literature.
Wole Soyinka
They hold the record for the "most searched" performance in history.
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter
What is the current name for "The Kingdom of Swaziland"
Eswatini
The movie "Cool Runnings" is based on which countries bobsleigh team?
Jamaica
The work of NASA mathematicians Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson is represented in which movie?
Hidden Figures
They are famously quoted saying “Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another
Toni Morrison
They are the first rapper to win the Pulitzer Prize
Kendrick Lamar
First Black UN Secretary-General and former Head of Peacekeeping.
Kofi Annan
Voted "Football (soccer) player of the century" in 1999.
Pelé
Which African country hosts the largest radio telescope? (Hint: Its called the Square Kilometre Array (SKA)).
South Africa
They were the first Black women to write a screenplay for a major film release (Georgia, Georgia)
Maya Angelou
They are considered the "Father of Afrobeat"
Fela Kuti
Former Black nationalist and President of the Black Star Line.
Marcus Garvey
The first Black person to participate in Major League Baseball (MLB)?
Jackie Robinson
They were an American chemist who discovered the cure for leprosy.
Alice Ball
Kehinde Wiley was commissioned to paint a portrait of which former President of the USA for the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Barack Obama
They are the first Black man to reach an EGOT status (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award)
John Legend
Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro was the first person with Black ancestry to be President of which South American country?
Peru
The first Black player in the NHL.
Willie O'Ree