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Nelson Mandela, first democratically elected South African president
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Angélique Kidjo, Grammy Award winning Beninoise singer-songwriter
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Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic
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Frankie Fredericks, former athlete from Namibia
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia (1st African female head of state)
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan author
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Baaba Maal, Senegalese singer and guitarist
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Alek Wek, Sudanese British model
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Abedi Pele, former Ghana International football player and captain
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FW de Klerk, winner of Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela
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Nwankwo Kanu, Nigerian professional footballer
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JM Coetzee, author and academic from South Africa
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Femi Kuti, Nigerian musician and son of afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti
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Albert Luthuli, first African to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
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