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Africa
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Algeria
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Augustine of Hippo | Albert Camus | Apuleius | Tariq ibn Ziyad | Jacques Derrida | Yves Saint Laurent | Macrinus | Saint Monica | Louis Althusser | Jugurtha
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Angola
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José Eduardo dos Santos | Agostinho Neto | Jonas Savimbi | João Lourenço | Afonso I of Kongo | Fernando Peyroteo | Alexandre do Nascimento | José Águas | Holden Roberto | Zacarias Kamwenho
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Benin
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Phillis Wheatley | Mathieu Kérékou | Do-Aklin | Djimon Hounsou | Thomas Boni Yayi | Patrice Talon | Bernardin Gantin | Hubert Maga | Faure Gnassingbé | Angélique Kidjo
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Botswana
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Seretse Khama | Festus Mogae | Quett Masire | Mokgweetsi Masisi | Amantle Montsho | Mpule Kwelagobe | Letsile Tebogo | Isaac Makwala | Dipsy Selolwane | Jerome Ramatlhakwane
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Burkina Faso
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Thomas Sankara | Blaise Compaoré | Roch Marc Christian Kaboré | Michel Kafando | Maurice Yaméogo | Saye Zerbo | Philippe Ouédraogo | Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo | Yacouba Sawadogo | Diébédo Francis Kéré
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Burundi
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Pierre Nkurunziza | Jean-Baptiste Bagaza | Pierre Buyoya | Cyprien Ntaryamira | Michel Micombero | Évariste Ndayishimiye | Mwambutsa IV of Burundi | Domitien Ndayizeye | Ntare V of Burundi | Louis Rwagasore
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Cameroon
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Paul Biya | Roger Milla | Abram Petrovich Gannibal | Samuel Eto'o | Ahmadou Ahidjo | Issa Hayatou | Manu Dibango | Thomas N'Kono | André Onana | Patrick M'Boma
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Central African Republic
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Jean-Bédel Bokassa | David Dacko | Faustin-Archange Touadéra | Barthélemy Boganda | André Kolingba | Ange-Félix Patassé | Michel Djotodia | Abel Goumba | Elisabeth Domitien | Nathalie Tauziat
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Chad
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Idriss Déby | Hissène Habré | François Tombalbaye | Goukouni Oueddei | Félix Malloum | Catherine Samba-Panza | Mahamat Déby | Saleh Kebzabo | Moussa Faki | Pascal Yoadimnadji
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Comoros
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Ahmed Abdallah | Azali Assoumani | Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi | Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim | Ikililou Dhoinine | Said Mohamed Jaffar
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Democratic Republic of Congo
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Patrice Lumumba | Mobutu Sese Seko | Laurent-Désiré Kabila | Moïse Tshombe | Denis Mukwege | Félix Tshisekedi | Antoine Gizenga | Joseph Kabila | Claude Makélélé | Étienne Tshisekedi
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Djibouti
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Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed | Barkat Gourad Hamadou | Dileita Mohamed Dileita | Hussein Ahmed Salah | Abdourahman Waberi | Ayanleh Souleiman
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Egypt
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Moses | Cleopatra | Tutankhamun | Euclid | Nefertiti | Ptolemy | Yasser Arafat | Akhenaten | Hypatia | Anthony the Great
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Equatorial Guinea
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Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | Francisco Macías Nguema | Ignacio Milam Tang | Miguel Jones | Eric Moussambani | Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó | Álvaro Cervera | Vicente Ehate Tomi | Genoveva Añonman
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Eritrea
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Isaias Afwerki | Tedros Adhanom | Remo Girone | Aman Andom | Zeudi Araya | Gianfranco Rosi | Zersenay Tadese | Daniel Teklehaimanot | Ghirmay Ghebreslassie | Biniam Girmay
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eSwatini
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Richard E. Grant | Sobhuza II | Mswati III | Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini | Ntfombi of Eswatini | Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini | Sotsha Dlamini | Noma Dumezweni | Sikhanyiso Dlamini | Bongani Khumalo
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Ethiopia
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Abebe Bikila | Haile Selassie | Zewditu | Abraha | Menelik II | Mengistu Haile Mariam | Menelik I | Onuphrius | Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia | Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
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Gabon
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Omar Bongo | Rose Francine Rogombé | Léon M'ba | François Bozizé | Jean Ping | Raymond Ndong Sima | Casimir Oyé-Mba | Rose Christiane Raponda | Daniel Ona Ondo | Patrice Trovoada
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Ghana
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Kofi Annan | Kwame Nkrumah | Marcel Desailly | Nana Akufo-Addo | Abedi Pele | Sylvanus Olympio | Anton Wilhelm Amo | Jerry Rawlings | Michael Essien | John Atta Mills
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Guinea
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Ahmed Sékou Touré | Alpha Condé | Sundiata Keita | Lansana Conté | Robert Sarah | Samori Ture | Mory Kanté | Louis Lansana Beavogui | Moussa Dadis Camara | Solomana Kante
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Guinea-Bissau
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Amílcar Cabral | João Bernardo Vieira | Luís Cabral | Carmen Pereira | Malam Bacai Sanhá | Kumba Ialá | Henrique Rosa | Carlos Correia | José Mário Vaz | Veríssimo Correia Seabra
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Kenya
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Wangari Maathai | Richard Dawkins | Barack Obama Sr. | Roger Whittaker | Jomo Kenyatta | Louis Leakey | Daniel arap Moi | Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o | Deep Roy | Mwai Kibaki
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Lesotho
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Letsie III of Lesotho | Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho | Pakalitha Mosisili | Moshoeshoe I | Sebastian Koto Khoarai | Tom Thabane | Olive Schreiner | Leabua Jonathan | Justin Lekhanya | Moeketsi Majoro
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Liberia
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | George Weah | Charles Taylor | Samuel Doe | William Tolbert | Leymah Gbowee | Charles D. B. King | Joseph Boakai | William Tubman | Gyude Bryant
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Libya
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Eratosthenes | Muammar Gaddafi | Mark the Evangelist | Septimius Severus | Arius | Aristippus | Omar Mukhtar | Simon of Cyrene | Callimachus | Idris of Libya
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Madagascar
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Claude Simon | Ranavalona III | Ranavalona I | Andrianampoinimerina | Ranavalona II | Didier Ratsiraka | Radama I | Philibert Tsiranana | Marc Ravalomanana | Radama II
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Malawi
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Lazarus Chakwera | Bingu wa Mutharika | Hastings Banda | Joyce Banda | Peter Mutharika | Bakili Muluzi | Abeid Karume | Theresa Kachindamoto | Michelle Paver | Anthea Stewart
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Mali
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Mansa Musa | Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta | Jean Tigana | Amadou Toumani Touré | Modibo Keïta | Moussa Traoré | Salif Keita | Salif Keïta | Alpha Oumar Konaré | Bah Ndaw
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Mauritania
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Moktar Ould Daddah | Mohamed Ould Ghazouani | Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi | Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz | Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya | Mustafa Ould Salek | Ely Ould Mohamed Vall | Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly | Mohamed Ould Bilal | Abderrahmane Sissako
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Mauritius
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Anerood Jugnauth | Henri Le Sidaner | Seewoosagur Ramgoolam | Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard | Maurice Piat | Prithvirajsing Roopun | Ameenah Gurib | Jean Margéot | Navin Ramgoolam | Pravind Jugnauth
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Morocco
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Ibn Battuta | Jean Reno | Hassan II of Morocco | Just Fontaine | Abd el-Krim | Abdelaziz Bouteflika | Mohammed V of Morocco | Mohammed VI of Morocco | Ismail Ibn Sharif | Nathalie Delon
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Mozambique
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Eusébio | Yasuke | Carlos Queiroz | Samora Machel | Graça Machel | Joaquim Chissano | Armando Guebuza | Mário Coluna | Filipe Nyusi | Afric Simone
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Namibia
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Sam Nujoma | Hage Geingob | Nǃxau ǂToma | Hifikepunye Pohamba | Saara Kuugongelwa | Nahas Angula | Theo-Ben Gurirab | Frankie Fredericks | Behati Prinsloo | Collin Benjamin
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Niger
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Yusuf ibn Tashfin | Mamadou Tandja | Mahamadou Issoufou | Mohamed Bazoum | Hamani Diori | Ali Saibou | Seyni Kountché | Abdourahamane Tchiani | Mahamane Ousmane | Daouda Malam Wanké
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Nigeria
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Muhammadu Buhari | Wole Soyinka | Dr. Alban | Chinua Achebe | Hugo Weaving | Sade | Fela Kuti | Usman dan Fodio | Jay-Jay Okocha | Bola Tinubu
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Republic of Congo
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Denis Sassou Nguesso | Joseph Kasa-Vubu | Ali Bongo Ondimba | Pascal Lissouba | Marien Ngouabi | Fulbert Youlou | Joachim Yhombi-Opango | Alphonse Massamba-Débat | Patience Dabany | Alfred Raoul
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Rwanda
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Juvénal Habyarimana | Paul Kagame | Félicien Kabuga | Grégoire Kayibanda | Agathe Uwilingiyimana | Melchior Ndadaye | Pasteur Bizimungu | Kigeli V of Rwanda | Paul Rusesabagina | Faustin Twagiramungu
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Senegal
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Léopold Sédar Senghor | Ségolène Royal | Abdoulaye Wade | Patrick Vieira | Macky Sall | Abdou Diouf | Youssou N'Dour | Ousmane Sembène | Cheikh Anta Diop | Sadio Mané
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Seychelles
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James Michel | France-Albert René | Wavel Ramkalawan | James Mancham | Eddy Maillet | Ahmed Afif
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Sierra Leone
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Nabih Berri | Ahmad Tejan Kabbah | Foday Sankoh | Siaka Stevens | Ernest Bai Koroma | Joseph Saidu Momoh | Milton Margai | Mohamed Kallon | Trevoh Chalobah | Valentine Strasser
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Somalia
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Waris Dirie | Mohamed Farrah Aidid | Siad Barre | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud | Hassan Gouled Aptidon | Iman | Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed | Muse Bihi Abdi | Aden Adde | Mohammed Abdullah Hassan
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South Africa
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Nelson Mandela | J. R. R. Tolkien | Elon Musk | Miriam Makeba | Sarah Baartman | J. M. Coetzee | F. W. de Klerk | Nadine Gordimer | Shaka | Desmond Tutu
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South Sudan
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Salva Kiir Mayardit | Riek Machar | Alek Wek | Luol Deng | Guor Marial | James Moga | Thon Maker | Lopez Lomong | Rose Lokonyen
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Sudan
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Luqman | Mohamed Naguib | Muhammad Ahmad | Omar al-Bashir | Piye | Josephine Bakhita | John Garang | Gaafar Nimeiry | Abdel Fattah al-Burhan | Abdallahi ibn Muhammad
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Tanzania
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Freddie Mercury | Abdulrazak Gurnah | Julius Nyerere | Benjamin Mkapa | Jakaya Kikwete | Samia Suluhu Hassan | Ali Hassan Mwinyi | Laurean Rugambwa | Tippu Tip | Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar
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The Gambia
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Dawda Jawara | Yahya Jammeh | Adama Barrow | Ansumane Mané | Fatou Bensouda | Biri Biri | Bakary Gassama | Musa Barrow | Omar Colley | Assan Ceesay
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Togo
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Gnassingbé Eyadéma | Emmanuel Adebayor | Nicéphore Soglo | Nicolas Grunitzky | Victoire Tomegah Dogbé | Edem Kodjo | Bonfoh Abass | Yawovi Agboyibo | Komi Sélom Klassou | Mohamed Kader
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Tunisia
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Hannibal | Ibn Khaldun | Claudia Cardinale | Tertullian | Terence | Cyprian | Habib Bourguiba | Zine El Abidine Ben Ali | Gordian II | Hamilcar Barca
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Uganda
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Idi Amin | Yoweri Museveni | Joseph Kony | Milton Obote | Tito Okello | Charles Lwanga | Mutesa II of Buganda | John Akii-Bua | Yusuf Lule | Godfrey Binaisa
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Zambia
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Wilbur Smith | Kenneth Kaunda | Godfrey Chitalu | Stanley Fischer | Frederick Chiluba | Michael Sata | Levy Mwanawasa | Edgar Lungu | Kalusha Bwalya | Peter Dickinson
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Zimbabwe
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Robert Mugabe | Emmerson Mnangagwa | Ian Smith | Charlene, Princess of Monaco | Canaan Banana | Albert Lutuli | Rupiah Banda | Morgan Tsvangirai | Joshua Nkomo | John Love
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