Global Freedom Fighters
This South African leader was imprisoned for 27 years for fighting apartheid.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This legendary performer lived in France and became a spy for the French Resistance during WWII.
Who is Josephine Baker?
This Kenyan environmental activist won the Nobel Peace Prize for planting millions of trees.
Who is Wangari Maathai?
This Liberian president became Africa’s first elected female head of state.
Who is Ellen Johnson Sirleaf?
This Nigerian musician has won Grammy Awards and brought Afrobeats to global stages.
Who is Burna Boy?
This Ghanaian leader became the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana after independence from Britain.
Who is Kwame Nkrumah?
This Nigerian author wrote Things Fall Apart, one of the most influential African novels worldwide.
Who is Chinua Achebe?
This Guyanese scholar became one of the most influential historians of colonialism and Africa.
Who is Walter Rodney?
This Tanzanian-born author wrote The Girl Who Smiled Beads, sharing her refugee journey.
Who is Clemantine Wamariya?
This Barbadian singer became a billionaire entrepreneur and global ambassador for Barbados.
Who is Rihanna?
This Pan-African activist born in Jamaica organized globally and founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
This Harlem Renaissance poet spent time abroad in Spain and Mexico and influenced global Black literature.
Who is Langston Hughes?
This Nigerian economist became Director-General of the World Trade Organization in 2021.
Who is Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala?
This American journalist founded the first anti-lynching campaign and traveled internationally to speak about injustice.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
This British-Ghanaian actor became globally recognized for his role in Bridgerton.
Who is Regé-Jean Page?
This Mozambican freedom fighter became the country’s first president after independence from Portugal.
Who is Samora Machel?
This South African singer, known as “Mama Africa,” was exiled for 30 years due to her anti-apartheid activism.
Who is Miriam Makeba?
his African American engineer helped design major infrastructure projects in Saudi Arabia and beyond.
Who is Herman Russell?
This Somali model became a UN ambassador fighting against female genital mutilation.
Who is Waris Dirie?
This Ethiopian-born model and activist has been a global spokesperson for diversity in fashion.
Who is Liya Kebede?
This U.S.-born activist moved to Ghana and became a key figure in the Pan-African movement there.
Who is W. E. B. Du Bois?
This Caribbean-born writer became the first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?
This Egyptian-American chemist won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1999.
Who is Ahmed Zewail?
This Afro-Brazilian activist and politician fought for Black rights before her assassination in 2018.
Who is Marielle Franco?
This U.S. basketball player has played professionally in China and helped grow the global game.
Who is Stephon Marbury?