Which of these living African legends do you admire the most?
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Wangari Muta Maathai, Kenyan environmental and political activist.
Hugh Masekela, South African musician
Quett Ketumile Joni Masire, second President of Botswana
Iman, Somali-American fashion model, actress and entrepreneur
Benjamin William Mkapa, third President of Tanzania
Nelson Mandela, first democratically elected South African president
Nadine Gordimer, South African writer and political activist
Joaquim Alberto Chissano, second President of Mozambique
"Wole" Soyinka,Nigerian writer, poet and playwright
Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopian athlete.
Charlize Theron, South African actress, film producer and model
Kofi Annan,Ghanaian diplomat and seventh Secretary-General of the UN
Thabo Mbeki, South African politician and former President
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, South African activist
Angélique Kidjo, Grammy Award winning Beninoise singer-songwriter
Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic
Frankie Fredericks, former athlete from Namibia
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia (1st African female head of state)
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan author
Baaba Maal, Senegalese singer and guitarist
Alek Wek, Sudanese British model
Abedi Pele, former Ghana International football player and captain
FW de Klerk, winner of Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela
Nwankwo Kanu, Nigerian professional footballer
JM Coetzee, author and academic from South Africa
Femi Kuti, Nigerian musician and son of afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti
Albert Luthuli, first African to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize