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19 lives · 19 eras · 10 regions
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1941- 1995
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1891 - 1968
1872 - 1934
1842 - 1886
1938 - present
1940 - 2011
1840s - 1920
1851 - 1918
1479 - 1458 BCE
1582 - 1663
1840 - 1921
1533 - 1610
1900 -1978
1864 - 1943
1856 - 1915
1797 - 1883
1818 - 1895
1822 - 1913
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No. 01
Ken Saro-Wiwa
The Man who Fought for Ogoni Land
1941- 1995
Nigeria
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No. 02
George Washington Carver
Learning, Land, and Listening Carefully
1864 - 1943
America
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No. 03
Booker Taliaferro Washington
Building Power When Freedom Was Fragile
1856 - 1915
America
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No. 04
Frederick Douglass
How learning became his way out of slavery
1818 - 1895
America
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No. 05
Hatshepsut
Egypt’s Female Pharaoh
1479 - 1458 BCE
Egypt
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No. 06
Queen Amina
The Warrior Queen of Zazzau
1533 - 1610
Nigeria
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No. 07
Nzinga
Queen of Ndongo and Matamba
1582 - 1663
Angola
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No. 08
Sojourner Truth
From a girl sold with sheep at auction to a woman who sued for her son and made a nation answer
1797 - 1883
America
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No. 09
Harriet Tubman
From a frightened child called Minty to the fearless leader they called Moses
1822 - 1913
America
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No. 10
Mekatilili Wa Menza
The Widow who Fought with a Dance
1840s - 1920
Kenya
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No. 11
Yaa Asantewaa
The Queen Mother who Defended the Golden Stool
1840 - 1921
Ghana
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No. 12
Lat Dior
Senegal’s King Who Refused to Bow
1842 - 1886
Senegal
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No. 13
Taytu Betul
Strategist of Adwa, Builder of Addis Ababa
1851 - 1918
Ethiopia
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No. 14
Blaise Diagne
The Voice of Senegal Inside French Power
1872 - 1934
Senegal
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No. 15
Amadou Lamine-Guèye
He Turned Subjects into Citizens
1891 - 1968
Senegal
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No. 16
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
The Lioness of Lisabi
1900 -1978
West Africa - Nigeria
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No. 17
Léopold Sédar Senghor
The Poet Who Led Senegal to Freedom
1906 - 2001
Senegal
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No. 18
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Africa’s First Elected Female President
1938 - present
Liberia
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No. 19
Wangari Maathai
The Woman Who Planted a Forest
1940 - 2011
Kenya
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