African revolutionaries

Ghanaian politician (1909–1972)

Patrice Émery Lumumba was a Congolese politician and independence leader who served as the first prime minister of the First Congolese Republic from June until September 1960, following the May 1960 election. Lumumba was the leader of the Congolese National Movement (MNC) from 1958 until his assassination in 1961. Ideologically an African nationalist and pan-Africanist, he played a significant role in the transformation of the Congo from a colony of Belgium into an independent republic.

former President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1939-2001)

Head of State of Somalia (1919–1995)

Guinea-Bissauan and Cape Verdean politician (1924-1973)

Sudanese politician and revolutionary leader (1945–2005)

independence leader in Malawi

Kenyan leader during the Mau Mau Uprising (1920–1957)

Cape Verdean historian, philosopher, teacher and anti-fascist activist

Gambian politician (1924-2011)

PAIGC fighter from Guinea-Bissau

Senegalese revolutionary (1946-1973)